Re: [PATCH] update automake version to 1.11.6

Mike Frysinger
2015-03-24T06:16:03Z

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On 24 Mar 2015 10:16, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 05:57:20AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
> > We should coordinate this with GCC.
>
> I agree. Using the same version of autotools for binutils+gdb+gcc is
> a good idea.
>
> Why are we talking about such a small upgrade though? Wouldn't it
> make more sense to move to the latest released autotools? Not for new
> features, but for the bug fixes that have accumulated over the years.
> I know there have been bug reports about the versions we use..
> eg. https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16948

i don't have the cycles to shave that yak. in this case, the minor update
(1) is fairly safe and (2) includes a good number of distros.
-mike

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