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Re: Bug in CVS bootstrap with Automake 1.7
From: |
Bob Friesenhahn |
Subject: |
Re: Bug in CVS bootstrap with Automake 1.7 |
Date: |
Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:49:39 -0600 (CST) |
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Scott James Remnant wrote:
>
> I'm going to see whether we can hack around this, but to be honest, I
> don't see any problem with requiring 1.8 for our bootstrap now -- it
> significantly reduces the size of our tar.gz
I don't see any problem with this requirement either. Perhaps some
Linux distribution maintainers would disagree. Linux distributions
should be encouraged to use and provide the latest auto* tools.
Unlike fine wine, old software does not improve with time.
Bob
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