From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3180 invoked by alias); 19 Jan 2015 16:54:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 3025 invoked by uid 89); 19 Jan 2015 16:54:57 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: rock.gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:54:55 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ABDC1162C0; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:54:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id kvS78ypXM0fX; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:54:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1C2A1162AC; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:54:53 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D933848E89; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:54:51 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:54:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: palves@redhat.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] [4/4] Fix various issue in TUI Message-ID: <20150119165451.GH4041@adacore.com> References: <83vbkrbt4d.fsf@gnu.org> <54AAEC02.7020500@redhat.com> <83bnmd8028.fsf@gnu.org> <83y4p1zq7k.fsf@gnu.org> <20150119145040.GD4041@adacore.com> <83r3uqybww.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <83r3uqybww.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2015-01/txt/msg00523.txt.bz2 > Btw, what is the reason we insist on that particular version of > Autoconf, and not on "2.64 or later"? It's a pain to have an old > version installed (already there are packages for which 2.65 is too > old). I am not absolutely certain. I have a feeling from past experience that upgrading to new versions is not necessarily a big deal, but something that needs to be done with care, as it might not work with new versions of configure. I know that I accidently used a newer version of configuring in the past, and got errors, so it doesn't always work, at least for me. But other than that, one of my reasons is that we know it works, and using the exact version also allows you to generate changes that are directly related to your changes and only your changes - which makes reviewing the patch for the generated file a little easier. -- Joel