-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Ralf Corsepius on 10/6/2009 1:45 AM: >>> AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11]) >> >> yes, but... >> >>> This way, running an insufficient automake on your source files will >>> error out. >> >> ... I don't want that behavior. I just want to add a feature, not to >> forbid a user to rebuild the files. > Your consideration doesn't make sense. > > If your package requires a minimum version of automake, then your > package can't be rebuilt without a sufficient version of automake, > therefore the user must be stopped running his automake. The desired behavior TOTALLY makes sense (although this is an automake question, not an autoconf question) - an example is the use of color-tests when available, with a clean fallback to no color-tests if an older automake was sufficient for everything else. See this thread on the automake list for the same question, and the answer given by the maintainer: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2009-08/msg00035.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2009-08/msg00040.html - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake ebb9@xxxxxxx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkrLMMsACgkQ84KuGfSFAYB0iwCeMvx6wdGc3BDm7mUGQ4dwGE+/ 054An3wYsXGwULMIy7LToFv0IJrem1Kr =xYCX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
