Hi, On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 03:14:27PM -0500, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: > 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).
We do have some requirements, though. For example: AC_PREREQ(2.63) dnl Minimum Autoconf version required. -- ldv
