On 2 March 2012 06:45, Eric Blake <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The Autoconf team is considering releasing only .xz files for 2.69; if > this would be a hardship for you, and you need the .gz or .bz2 release, > please speak up now. I just encountered new argument for providing .gz of autoconf also in the future. I were updating automake version used in OpenEmbedded, and though to switch from tar.gz to tar.xz package while at it. That failed because of circular dependency. In short: building xz decompressor requires automake. - ML _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
