Hi - > I think it is too early to switch to autoconf 2.70. Currently we > require autoconf 2.63 and automake 1.11. We could probably upgrade to > autconf 2.69 and automake 1.13, but that doesn't seem to help with > AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR/ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS. > > Since AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR is deprecated in 2.70 and ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS is > still needed even with it set lets just go with your patch and remove > it. We can see what we do when we upgrade autoconf/automake versions. > [...]
Note that since we do not commit auto*-generated code into the repo, we don't really upgrade elfutils autoconf/automake versions. We are subject to the whims of each build-host or make-dist-host environment (which could be relatively old). - FChE