On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 02:44:54PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote: > On 5/26/22 1:49 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote: > >> Also, running autoupdate forces the minimum pre-req to be autoconf > >> 2.71 because it replaces other stuff... > > Bleah, to that part. 2.71 isn't even available on Fedora Core 35 which > > was released 6 months ago. > > I'm afraid this will break lots of builds in not-very-old environments. > > > > I'm inclined to look into whether I can just replace the obsolete > > macros to shut up the warnings for now, does that seem reasonable? > > > > And then bumping the 2.50 minimum to the 8-year-old 2.69 is probably wise ;) > > > > Thanks, > > -Eric > > Actually, I think that 2.71 from autoupdate is gratuitous, all your changes > seem fine under the (ancient) 2.69. > > So I'm inclined to merge this patch as is, but with a 2.69 minimum, as the > current 2.50 version requirement is for something released around the turn > of the century... > > Any concerns or complaints? Not from me. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
