----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christophe Fergeau" <cfergeau@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Fabiano Fidencio" <ffidenci@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: spice-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 4:00:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] build-sys: Fix build with automake < 1.13
>
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 09:52:53AM -0400, Fabiano Fidencio wrote:
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Christophe Fergeau" <cfergeau@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: spice-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 3:21:44 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] build-sys: Fix build with automake <
> > > 1.13
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 09:57:22AM +0200, Christophe Fergeau wrote:
> > > > AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS is not available with older automake versions,
> > > > which causes autogen.sh failures on el6. m4_include() can be used
> > > > instead.
> > > > ---
> > > > Not exactly sure this is the right fix, but this works on both el6 and
> > > > f22
> > >
> > > Ping?
> >
> > Yeah, AFAIU AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR{,S} was introduced to replace the
> > m4_include(), so it is probably the right fix.
> > On the other hand, the 1.13 release
> > (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autotools-announce/2012-12/msg00002.html)
> > says to avoid using this because it will be deprecate soon (and it was in
> > 2012).
> >
> > So, I would put a big FIXME in that part of the code and we will
> > easily remember of changing it back as soon as it stops working with
> > newer automake versions.
:-)
So, please, go for it.
>
> automake/autoconf will loudly warn about it before this disappears, this
> should be a good enough reminder :)
>
> Christophe
>
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