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Re: Libtool 1.4.3


From: Thomas E. Dickey
Subject: Re: Libtool 1.4.3
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 13:30:37 -0400 (EDT)

On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Lars Hecking wrote:

> Bob Friesenhahn writes:
> > On 8 Oct 2002, Akim Demaille wrote:
> > >
> > > There is one big question which must be answered first: will it have
> > > to be Autoconf 2.13 compatible?
> > >
> > > I *strongly* suggest that it must not.  It should AC_PREREQ 2.54
> > > immediately.  Then, I'm fine with checking the M4 code and making it
> > > up to date.  If needed, I'll wrap a 2.55 with whatever is needed to
> > > have Libtool work better with Autoconf.
> >
> > I agree.  I can't imagine why anyone would want to use an antique
> > version of Autoconf which dates from 1996.
>
>  Because it works? In any case, it's the respective maintainer's choice.
>
>  Making autoconf incompatible with previous versions of itself while not
>  upping the major release number at the same time was a pretty bad move IMHO.

Deliberately introducing design incompatibilities simply encourages people
to use other tools.

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