On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 02:09:25PM -0500, Richard Kenner wrote: > > IMHO, you should *never* update gcc's configure to force the issue. To do > > so would be unprecedented. > > I'm not in favor of this either, but aren't there precedents with either > automake, autoconf, or both?
The ordinary user who builds gcc from source does not need *any* version of automake, autoconf, etc., so any strict requirements that are imposed on these tools have an impact only on gcc developers.
