Am 29.10.2013 09:59, schrieb Matthias Andree: > 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. >
...and it turns out that an explicit "hg pull -b default" fixed this for now, but I am not sure if there is some other old state (from when the default branch was HEAD) that prevents this from working in the future (I am more familiar with git these days).
