* Eric Blake wrote on Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 10:01:44PM CEST: > Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen <at> simple.dallas.tx.us> writes: > > > Solaris 8 is the oldest version of Solaris supported by Sun, however, > > I see no reason why Solaris 2.1 should not be able to execute current > > autoconf. Perhaps it might need to be augmented with a newer shell > > and a few updated utilities. > Yes, autoconf will continue to run on these platforms; however, in my > opinion at least, it is not worth the effort to try and go out of my > way to fix problems identified on these platforms but not present on > modern platforms. In other words, when it comes to obsolete > platforms, my attitude is 'If it works, great! If it doesn't work, > who cares?' If there's someone to port Autoconf to them, why not? Unless it's very difficult to go forward with those limited features ... > And remember, eventually we are going to transition > autoconf into requiring shell functions; on old platforms that don't > provide such a shell by default, you can still use autoconfiscated > packages after some initial legwork like installing a new shell, but the > initial investment to get your environment up to par with modern systems is on > your shoulders and you won't get much outside help in the task. Shells without function support predate even the above mentioned systems by quite a bit. Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
