Hi Ralf, thanks for your instructions. Just a thought: How about collect this information in a separate file and extend autoconf with an option --min-required-version which outputs the minimal required version for putting in AC_PREREQ ? Thomas On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 09:27:27AM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > * Thomas Porschberg wrote on Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 08:35:13AM CET: > > > > how can I find out when a certain autoconf macro was > > introduced by autoconf ? > > Here's what I do to find out, in decreasing order of preference: > Go to the top source dir of autoconf (either from a tarball, or CVS). > > 1) Search for macro name in `NEWS'. > 2) Search for macro name in `ChangeLog*'. > 3) Search for macro name in `lib/*', > then try to track the same thingy down in older Autoconf release > tarballs. > > Cheers, > Ralf > -- _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
