Re: [PATCH 1/2] Bump to autoconf 2.69 and automake 1.15.1

Simon Marchi
2018-06-15T15:14:26Z

On 2018-06-15 10:58 AM, Nick Clifton wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
>>> Also the config/override.m4 file still contains a hard coded requirement
>>> for autoconf 2.64 exactly.
>>
>> Are you talking about this?
>>
>> dnl Fix 2.64 cross compile detection for AVR and RTEMS
>> dnl by not trying to compile fopen.
>> m4_if(m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION]), [2.64],
>> [m4_foreach([_GCC_LANG], [C, C++, Fortran, Fortran 77],
>> [m4_define([_AC_LANG_IO_PROGRAM(]_GCC_LANG[)], m4_defn([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(]_GCC_LANG[)]))])])
>
> Nope - this:
>
> dnl Ensure exactly this Autoconf version is used
> m4_ifndef([_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION],
> [m4_define([_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [2.64])])
>
> Around line 30 in <binutils-src>/config/override.m4.

My patch contains this hunk, doesn't it?

diff --git a/config/override.m4 b/config/override.m4
index b5ce6545ab69..d3e815bb1b40 100644
--- a/config/override.m4
+++ b/config/override.m4
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ m4_copy_force([_AC_PREREQ], [AC_PREREQ])

dnl Ensure exactly this Autoconf version is used
m4_ifndef([_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION],
- [m4_define([_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [2.64])])
+ [m4_define([_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [2.69])])

dnl Test for the exact version when AC_INIT is expanded.
dnl This allows to update the tree in steps (for testing)