bug#68274: closed (automake 1.16j nonnumerical version confuses scripts)

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regarding automake 1.16j nonnumerical version confuses scripts
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> automake 1.16j nonnumerical version confuses scripts
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> Fri, 5 Jan 2024 23:03:44 -0500
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> Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28)
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> Building a package (happens to be "jami") , which runs a script it its 
> build process that checks for automake
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>       expr: non-integer argument    
>       automake (GNU automake) 1.16j    
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>       Fatal error: automake 1.7 or higher is required.  Please set $AUTOMAKE    
>       to point to a newer automake, or upgrade.    
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> Problem is the script expects numerical version, thus gets confused.
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> Next version, make it something like  "automake 1.16.99999" or something.
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> Re: bug#68274: automake 1.16j nonnumerical version confuses scripts
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> Sun, 21 Jan 2024 14:42:12 -0700
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> I changed the pretest version to 1.16.90. Closing.
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