Hello Ralf, * Ralf Hemmecke wrote on Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:30:21PM CET: > I'm just reading the current FAQ under > > 1.3 Where can I get the latest versions of these tools? > > http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/faq/autotools-faq.html#Where-can-I-get-the-latest-versions-of-these-tools_003f > > Wouldn't it be useful to give a little script that installs > know-good combinations (the latest version?) of all the autotools > components in the users (developers) HOME? > > You probably can do > > https://github.com/hemmecke/flint2/blob/autotools/autotools.mk > > better than me, but it might be a first start.
Well, http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/faq/autotools-faq.html#How-do-I-install-the-Autotools-_0028as-user_0029_003f is not as cool as your version, but provides roughly the same functionality AFAICS. I think either of these two improvements would be nice: - having a list of known-good combinations of tool versions; having tested them extensively would be great, otherwise we might at least document some sort of minimal-version-requirement-table. - a change that lets the script automatically install the most recent stable releases of each tool. Cheers, Ralf
