Jim Meyering <j...@meyering.net> writes: > Simon Josefsson wrote: > >> Jim Meyering <j...@meyering.net> writes: >> >>>> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.61 >>>> automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6 >>> >>> That is because your version of automake is so old. >>> Use a newer one, if possible, preferably the latest: automake-1.11 >> >> Gnulib's DEPENDENCIES says 1.9.6 or later is ok. What features of newer >> automake releases are required by gnulib? > > Hard to tell without having diagnosed his problem. Maybe none. > IMHO, automake-1.9.6 is not just a little bit too old, > but prohibitively old, now. > > Would anyone object to increasing the minimum to automake-1.10?
Nope. My daily build machine runs Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and it has automake 1.10.1 so I think bumping the requirement to that level is fine. Moving beyond 1.10.1 seems a bit early to me. Btw, DEPENDENCIES also says autoconf 2.59. Still ok? For reference, 8.04 LTS has autoconf 2.61. /Simon
