Re: Updating to Autoconf 2.5x

Andrew Cagney
2003-06-09T21:05:55Z

> As you all know, the configure scripts for GCC, GDB, and binutils must
> be generated with autoconf 2.13.

GDB and BINUTILS use autoconf 000227 and not 2.13.

> thoroughly obsolete, to the point where recent releases of popular
> free operating systems may not ship it at all. It is thus becoming
> increasingly difficult to maintain these scripts. Furthermore, using
> this old version of autoconf forces us to continue using old versions
> of automake and libtool as well. At the recent GCC summit it was
> agreed that we

I guess the royal ``we'' here is GCC?

Fortunatly GDB (binutils?) also see a need to get off the current
autoconf and as such, I personally welcome this move.

How does nathaniel and dj's work fit into this - its kind of a logical
next step.

> need to make a concerted effort and migrate to autoconf
> 2.5x. Exactly how we're going to do that, however, has not yet been
> decided.
>
> I have created a mailing list for discussing this issue in detail,
> making plans, and implementing them. All interested parties are
> invited to subscribe. I don't intend this to be a long-lived list;
> I hope we can get this conversion done in under a month.
>
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I think it would be better if this list was hosted, and made part of
gcc.gnu.org.

Andrew