why require 2.60 in m4/getdelim.m4?

[Jim Meyering]

Hi Eric,

In this change,

  http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commitdiff;h=33c8286ea93bec94c46

you increased the minimum version of automake from 2.52 to 2.60.
Since libvirt is starting to use gnulib, and has a pretty hard
requirement that it work with autoconf-2.59, I need to know
why you chose 2.60.  Nothing I saw in email or commit logs
even mentioned that part.

I propose to reduce it to 2.59, if at all possible.
here's the obvious patch:

Subject: [PATCH] Let these macros work also with autoconf-2.59.

* m4/getline.m4: Require only autoconf-2.59, not yet 2.60.
* m4/getdelim.m4: Likewise.

Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
---
 ChangeLog      |    6 ++++++
 m4/getdelim.m4 |    4 ++--
 m4/getline.m4  |    4 ++--
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4e0e5c8..612028c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-12-07  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>
+
+       Let these macros work also with autoconf-2.59.
+       * m4/getline.m4: Require only autoconf-2.59, not yet 2.60.
+       * m4/getdelim.m4: Likewise.
+
 2007-12-06  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        Support versions of autoconf prior to 2.59c.
diff --git a/m4/getdelim.m4 b/m4/getdelim.m4
index d81be22..18b96be 100644
--- a/m4/getdelim.m4
+++ b/m4/getdelim.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# getdelim.m4 serial 4
+# getdelim.m4 serial 5

 dnl Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software dnl Foundation, Inc.
 dnl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.

-AC_PREREQ([2.60])
+AC_PREREQ([2.59])

 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_GETDELIM],
 [
diff --git a/m4/getline.m4 b/m4/getline.m4
index afd7766..57625da 100644
--- a/m4/getline.m4
+++ b/m4/getline.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# getline.m4 serial 17
+# getline.m4 serial 18

 dnl Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free
 dnl Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.

-AC_PREREQ([2.60])
+AC_PREREQ([2.59])

 dnl See if there's a working, system-supplied version of the getline function.
 dnl We can't just do AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(getline) because some systems
--
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