Re: autoconf

Howard Chu wrote:

Prior to ITS#5888 we have been using autoconf 2.59 to generate our configure script. During the commits of #5888 autoconf 2.61 was used. Is there any particular reason to stick to 2.59, or to change to 2.61, at this point in time?

Not that I know. Also I wonder if other autotool-files can be updated: build/ltmain.sh, build/build/config.guess etc.

IIRC I looked at updating them once, but they are patched versions and I didn't know who patched them for what. Maybe FreeBSD patches from Kurt's machine. Nor could I test if using an unpatched version breaks something.

Anyway, it might be best to use clean autotools when rebuilding config files, to avoid mysteries like that.