On 8/25/2018 1:18 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 08/24/2018 05:59 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >>> It is not autoconf's problem when someone writes a configure.ac that >>> wrongly >>> claims to use too-new of a version of automake. But if you don't >>> think the >>> package is actually relying on a feature that only that newer automake >>> provided, you are welcome to edit configure.ac and change the >>> AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE() line to list a lower version number, rerun >>> autoreconf, >>> and see if it completes successfully. >> >> OK, let's get rid of these useless checks whose only purpose is to >> stop someone from accomplishing their task at hand. >> >> sed -i '/AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE/d' configure.ac > > Nope, that's not how you do it. You NEED the AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE() line, > just not necessarily the higher version number requirement within the line. > > I'm thinking more along the lines of: > > sed -i '/AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE/ s/\b[0-9.]*\b//' > Wouldn't wrappers like Cygwin uses work? Of course the wrapper requires you to have every possible version available. Note there is a wrapper both for autoconf and automake. -- Earnie _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
