On Thu, 22 Sep 2016, Moritz Klammler wrote: > As some of you might already be aware of, I'm currently trying to get a > new version of the `contrib/download_prerequisites` script approved that > will verify the checksums of the tarballs it downloads and also provides > additional options. If it is considered useful, I could add an option > to it that would do what you suggest. Am I understanding correctly that > we have a "minimum", "recommended" and "most recent" version for each > dependency and that the script currently uses the "most recent" one? If > the feature is wanted, all I'd need is somebody to tell me the version > numbers.
The script should not handle multiple versions; only recommended versions, which should be the most recent known to work with it. -- Joseph S. Myers jos...@codesourcery.com