Re: [bug-inetutils] [SCM] GNU Inetutils ... inetutils-1_8-126-ge18e45f

[Simon Josefsson]

Mats Erik Andersson <address@hidden> writes:

>> +# Build prerequisites.
>> +buildreq="\
>> +autoconf   2.68
>> +automake   1.11
>> +bison      2.3
>> +m4         -
>> +makeinfo   -
>> +help2man   -
>
> The dependency on atoconf-2.68 makes bootstrapping
> impossible on Debian 6.0 Squeeze, the present stable
> release. This particular issue ships autoconf-2.67,
> automake-1.11.1, and bison-2.4.1. Thus you are
> requiring a top-notch Autoconf, but you accept
> an older Bison. I disagree on the choice of this
> recent version of Autoconf. You are certainly
> causing similar issues for the BSD targets.

I agree -- is there any reason we really need autoconf 2.68 instead of
2.67?  My system is a Debian Squeeze as well, so I only have 2.67
installed.

/Simon