Am 24.10.2013 18:18, schrieb Michael Elkins: > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:42:52AM +0100, Andras Salamon wrote: >> Which autoconf/automake versions are expected? I am using fairly >> recent versions due to other projects needing them, and would like >> to know which older versions to custom install. The build system >> gives me a bunch of errors when running >> autoreconf --install --include=m4 >> which seem potentially related to changed semantics. >> >> Also, the file VERSION contains 1.5.14; is this still used for >> anything? > > Make sure you have moved to the "default" branch of the repository: hg > update -C default > > You shouldn't need to install older versions of the auto* tools. The > goal is to make them work with the most recent versions, while not using > features that make older systems which are still supported break (e.g. > RHEL/CentOS 5). If you find that the build breaks with newer auto* > tools, please file a bug report.
Michael, I also get VERSION 1.5.14 on default. It lists 1.5.22 on stable.