From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26432 invoked by alias); 28 Nov 2007 18:46:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 26422 invoked by uid 22791); 28 Nov 2007 18:46:29 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-out.google.com (HELO smtp-out.google.com) (216.239.45.13) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:46:23 +0000 Received: from zps36.corp.google.com (zps36.corp.google.com [172.25.146.36]) by smtp-out.google.com with ESMTP id lASIkAbD026001 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:46:10 -0800 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wahv27.prod.google.com [10.114.248.27]) by zps36.corp.google.com with ESMTP id lASIfmAs026987 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:46:09 -0800 Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id v27so1859984wah for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:46:09 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.154.1 with SMTP id b1mr1024879wae.1196275569376; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:46:09 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.115.107.7 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:46:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:46:00 -0000 From: "Douglas Evans" To: "Eli Zaretskii" Subject: Re: RFA: fix gdbint.info autoconf version Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 X-SW-Source: 2007-11/txt/msg00527.txt.bz2 On Nov 26, 2007 8:18 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:16:52 -0800 > > From: "Douglas Evans" > > > > How about this? > > Okay, but for these two minor issues: > > > Check the @code{autoconf} version carefully. You want to be using the > > -version taken from the @file{binutils} snapshot directory, which can be > > -found at @uref{ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/}. It is very > > -unlikely that a system installed version of @code{autoconf} (e.g., > > -@file{/usr/bin/autoconf}) is correct. > > +same version. > > What is meant by ``the same version''? same as what? > > > Currently this is 2.59. > > Please remove this sentence. "Currently" will become obsolete very > quickly, and has no real value here. If you want to be friendly, you > could show the fragment of `configure' where one sees the version, and > state that in this fragment the version is so-and-so. > > Thanks. Thanks. How's this? 2007-11-28 Doug Evans * gdbint.texinfo (Create a release): Fix docs on what version of autoconf to use. Index: gdbint.texinfo =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo,v retrieving revision 1.275 diff -u -p -u -p -r1.275 gdbint.texinfo --- gdbint.texinfo 15 Nov 2007 06:14:26 -0000 1.275 +++ gdbint.texinfo 28 Nov 2007 18:43:48 -0000 @@ -6289,11 +6289,18 @@ Notes: @itemize @bullet @item -Check the @code{autoconf} version carefully. You want to be using the -version taken from the @file{binutils} snapshot directory, which can be -found at @uref{ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/}. It is very -unlikely that a system installed version of @code{autoconf} (e.g., -@file{/usr/bin/autoconf}) is correct. +Check the @code{autoconf} version carefully. You want to use the same version +that was previously used. See the top of @file{configure} to see what version +generated it. In this example the version is 2.59. + +@smallexample +bash$ head -3 configure +#! /bin/sh +# Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles. +# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59. +@end smallexample + +Autoconf can be obtained from @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/autoconf/}. @end itemize @subsubheading Check out the relevant modules: