Eric Blake <ebb9@xxxxxxx> wrote: > According to Jim Meyering on 2/1/2007 9:37 AM: >> I spent some time recently tracking down a bug that arose from an autoconf >> installation built using m4-1.4.2. My testing showed that autoconf built >> using any version of m4 older than 1.4.4 would have the same problem. > > What bug was it? ... > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/m4-patches/2006-11/msg00028.html It was that exact same one, by the looks of that patch. I checked my notes and do see the problem also affected 1.4.4. > Maybe it is time to bite the bullet and modify that test into autoconf's > m4/m4.m4 so that autoconf 2.62 has a hard requirement on m4 1.4.5 or newer? No "maybe" about it. It's overdue. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
