https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81298
--- Comment #8 from tkoenig at netcologne dot de <tkoenig at netcologne dot de> --- Am 03.07.2017 um 23:40 schrieb ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org: > https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81298 > > Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: > > What |Removed |Added > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > CC| |ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org > > --- Comment #7 from Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> --- >> Why do we depend on exactly this version? *sigh* > > I think we don't want a minor change to configure.ac to result in a upheaval > in > the generated configure script. We have dozens of configure scripts and > dozens > of developers, this would be a mess if everyone was free to use his pet > version. I understand that desire, but autoconf 2.69 has been around since 2012. It is hardly a fast-moving target. I think it would be better to make a change towards 2.69. The fewer versions of extra software we have to use to compile gcc, the better.
