William Pursell <bill.pursell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Joel J. Adamson wrote: > > Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@xxxxxx> wrote: > > >> If you don't need to work with Autoconf < 2.62, I suggest you add an > >> AC_PREREQ([2.62]) > > > > I had it, and then I discovered that the Beowulf cluster (emerald) at > > the university here has version 2.59. > > I don't understand how that's an issue. If you have write permission > on a directory on the box in which you are doing development (and I > can't see how one could do anything that would be called 'development' > without it), then you can install modern autoconf and use it. That's a good point; I hadn't thought about it that (remarkably logical) way. > Ralf, I'm curious as to your statement about *needing* > autoconf < 2.62. I truly don't understand why anyone > is unable to update and use modern versions. Good question, and one I mean to bring up with the package maintainer as soon as he fixes gcc and the billion other things I've asked him for. Joel -- Joel J. Adamson Servedio Lab University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill FSF Member #8164 http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj
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