(Answering only for Automake, because I've also been confused by Akim's last statements about announcements that shouldn't be considered official.)
"Dalibor" == Dalibor Topic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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Dalibor> Can I build automake 1.7.9 (if that's officially the Dalibor> latest)
It is.
Dalibor> with autconf 2.57, 2.58 or 2.59 or whatever the latest
Dalibor> officially released version turns out to be?
Yes. All 1.7.x versions work with Autoconf 2.54 or greater.
Thank you very much. Bob Friesenhahn already wrote me offlist that 1.7.9 works with autoconf 2.58, so I'll switch to that combination.
cheers, dalibor topic