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RE: [avr-libc-dev] Bootstrap and automake 1.8.2
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Eric Weddington |
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RE: [avr-libc-dev] Bootstrap and automake 1.8.2 |
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Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:23:22 -0600 |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joerg Wunsch [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 2:13 PM
> To: avr-libc-dev
> Cc: Eric Weddington
> Subject: Re: [avr-libc-dev] Bootstrap and automake 1.8.2
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> As Eric Weddington wrote:
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> > I can successfully build avr-libc, 1.4 branch, with automake
> > 1.8.2. on MinGW/MSYS. However, the bootstrap script looks for and
> > requires 1.9.x. Can I commit a change to the bootstrap script to
> > allow automake 1.8.x? Or is there some overwhelming reason not to do
> > this?
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> The comments say automake 1.9 were required. I am not sure whether it
> will work on automake 1.8.x at all.
> Version 1.9 is more than two
> years old (2004-07-28), is there really no chance to get a MinGW one
> of it?
Not without building my own. Surprisingly, I have autoconf 2.59 (minimum
required by bootstrap), but automake 1.8.2. This is the latest available
from the MinGW project.
> If it works, and doesn't break the 1.9 builds, well, you might relax
> the check.
All I would be relaxing is the version check. Attached is the patch.
Ok to commit?
Eric