Re: Libtool 1.4.3

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

> 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.

I can't imagine why anyone would want to use code which changes design
between one minor release and the next (but P.T.Barnum probably could
answer that).

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