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Re: Why autoconf 2.13?

From: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
To: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
Cc: fnf at ninemoons dot com, aoliva at redhat dot com
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 20:47:42 -0400
Subject: Re: Why autoconf 2.13?
References: <200204110039.g3B0dCT03033@fred.ninemoons.com> <20020410204103.A3222@nevyn.them.org>

On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 08:41:03PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 05:39:12PM -0700, Fred Fish wrote:
>>Is there some reason that gdb is using a 3 year old version of autoconf
>>instead of the latest official FSF release (2.53 I think)?
>
>Because all the rest of sourceware is.  Every so often there are noises
>made about moving forward, but 2.53 and 2.13 aren't even mostly
>compatible in practice.

Alexandre Oliva was showing some interest in upgrading everything but
we've been keeping him too busy with "real work" for this to become
a reality.

I think he probably has a pretty good handle on what needs to be done,
though.  I don't want to volunteer him for anything but maybe he'd be
interested in coordinating an upgrade effort for gcc.gnu.org and
sourceware.

cgf

References:
- Why autoconf 2.13?
  - From: Fred Fish
- Re: Why autoconf 2.13?
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz

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