Thomas Dickey <dickey@xxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote: > >> Thomas Dickey <dickey@xxxxxxx> writes: >>> In contrast, I can plug current ncurses libraries into a system that's >>> built with ncurses 5.0, and just assume it'll work. That's from 1999. >> >> That's not a useful comparison. How many new features have been added to >> ncurses in the last 6 years? Also, try compiling the 6 years old code > > A lot more than autoconf. Run a diff and compare. A diff doesn't say anything. The NEWS file lists only bug fixes, AFAICS. >> with a state-of-the-art compiler. > > Again, works better than you're insinuating. Doesn't work. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@xxxxxxx SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
