Re: [SCM] GNU M4 source repository branch, branch-1.4, updated. v1.4.16-32-gbb21387

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hi Eric,

On 11 Mar 2013, at 20:07, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 03/10/2013 11:55 PM, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
>> This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. It was
>> generated because a ref change was pushed to the repository containing
>> the project "GNU M4 source repository".
>> 
>> http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=m4.git;a=commitdiff;h=bb213870593b17fa7501413334053e85cd58e062
>> 
> 
>> 
>>    bootstrap: require newer texinfo release.
>> 
>>    * bootstrap.conf (buildreq): Bump required makeinfo binary
>>    release number to 5.0 to support --build-dir option.
> 
> 
> I'm probably going to revert this one, so that I can build with stock
> tools in Fedora 18, instead of having to install super-new upstream
> tools.  Upstream texinfo fixed this particular bug, and it will
> propagate into gnulib soon, so that we aren't going to hit errors on
> makeinfo 4.13 after all.

Sure, 4.13 is fine for me too.  Apple still ships 4.8, which is what was
in buildreq previously, and that version wasn't new enough so I pulled
the latest homebrew package and chose that version without thinking too
much.

Sorry about that.

Cheers,
-- 
Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT gnu DOT org)