Re: gettext version-numbering problems in Bison (+ Bison patch)

[Paul Eggert]

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:

> The developer who writes AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.14.1) is therefore the
> one who pushes all other developers.

Ah, I didn't know that: I thought it was both minimum and maximum.
Sorry about the confusion.

> You can write AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.11.5).

Wow, how did you know that was the correct version for Bison?
I tried saying 0.11.4 instead but that didn't work: the output said

aclocal: macro `jm_AC_TYPE_UNSIGNED_LONG_LONG' required but not defined

I don't know why that happens (this is still all a bit mysterious to
me), but I'll stick with 0.11.5.  Alas, Debian stable still uses
0.10.40.

I installed this change to Bison.

2004-05-26  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * configure.ac (AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION): Lower it from 0.14.1 to
        0.11.5.  Suggested by Bruno Haible.
        * bootstrap: Remove gettext version checking.

Index: configure.ac
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/bison/bison/configure.ac,v
retrieving revision 1.44
diff -p -u -r1.44 configure.ac
--- configure.ac        25 May 2004 05:43:14 -0000      1.44
+++ configure.ac        26 May 2004 19:19:22 -0000
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ BISON_PREREQ_TIMEVAR
 
 # gnulib and gettext.
 GNULIB_AUTOCONF_SNIPPET
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.14.1])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.11.5])
 
 # Initialize the test suite.
 AC_CONFIG_TESTDIR(tests)
Index: bootstrap
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/bison/bison/bootstrap,v
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -p -u -r1.11 bootstrap
--- bootstrap   26 May 2004 06:46:02 -0000      1.11
+++ bootstrap   26 May 2004 19:19:22 -0000
@@ -43,32 +43,6 @@ do
   esac
 done
 
-# Check that gettext version matches what's in configure.ac.
-# FIXME: We shouldn't have to modify configure.ac every time
-# a new gettext version comes out.
-{
-  gettext_version_output=`LC_ALL=C gettext --version` &&
-  case $gettext_version_output in
-  'gettext (GNU '*) ;;
-  *) false;;
-  esac
-} || {
-  echo >&2 "$0: Please install GNU gettext first."
-  exit 1
-}
-newline='
-'
-last_word_in_first_line="[^$newline]* \\([^$newline]*\\)"
-gettext_have=`expr "$gettext_version_output" : "$last_word_in_first_line"`
-gettext_need=`
-  sed -n '/^AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION/{ s/.*\[//; s/].*//; p; q; }' configure.ac
-`
-[ "$gettext_have" = "$gettext_need" ] || {
-  echo >&2 "$0: Your gettext version is $gettext_have."
-  echo >&2 "$0: Please install and use gettext-$gettext_need instead."
-  exit 1
-}
-
 echo "$0: Bootstrapping CVS $package..."
 
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