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

Nick Clifton
2018-06-15T14:58:20Z

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.

Cheers
Nick