Re: RL_LIB_READLINE_VERSION

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 12:09 -0500, Bob Rossi wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 05:15:07PM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > * Bob Rossi wrote on Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 10:15:10PM CET:
> > > I recently upgraded to a newer automake, and I started to get this
> > > warning.
> > > 
> > > >   config/readline_check_version.m4:1: warning: underquoted definition
> > > >   of BASH_CHECK_LIB_TERMCAP
> > 
> > > If I make the below patch, things work. Should this be necesary?
> > 
> > Yes!  And welcome to less than three year old software! :-)
> 
> Yeah, switching from debian to ubuntu really is nice. Just out of
> curiosity, what's the reason for the change?
Bugs - The autoconf-2.13 syntax is broken and relied upon exploiting
improper code.

>  Why does it give a warning
> with the current version, and not the older version?
It warns about this for years - You must have been using obsolete
autoconf/automake versions during this time ;)

Ralf