bug#29178: Failure to build automake > 11

[carl hansen]

On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 12:45 PM, Thomas Koenig <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in trying to narrow down a build failure of gcc, see
>
> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=82856
>
> I tried to build a newer version of automake than 1-11.6
> (which gcc is currently locked at). All builds failed with
>
>   GEN      doc/automake-1.13.1


your bug is only with recent versions of perl which require stricter quoting.

latest automake is 1.15.1
Why they don't get with the program is beyond me.