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Re: Re-generated auto files?
- From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb at redhat dot com>
- To: Jim Blandy <jimb at redhat dot com>
- Cc: rda at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 18:37:27 -0700
- Subject: Re: Re-generated auto files?
- Organization: Red Hat
- References: <vt2653f5crk.fsf@zenia.home>
On 06 Dec 2004 16:37:35 -0500
Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com> wrote:
> It looks like there's some skew in the versions of the autotools being
> used in the RDA tree. Would anyone mind if I cleaned that up?
Please do!
> The top level configure (which I'm not suggesting we mess with) is
> generated by autoconf 2.13. Within rda, we seem to be consistently
> using automake 1.6.3, but a mix of autoconf 2.53 and 2.57. I'd like
> to use automake 1.9.3 and autoconf 2.59 (the latest versions) for
> everything.
>
> The comments in rda/unix/config.in says it's maintained by hand, but
> the comments and ChangeLog don't explain why. If folks can give me
> more details about the problem, I'd be willing to try to make that
> auto-generated again.
I don't remember the details, if in fact I ever knew them. Anyway, I'm
all for having this file automatically generated again, if possible.
Kevin