Although autoconf in git master is supposed to support m4 versions
down to 1.4.8, the bootstrap script refuses to proceed with version
e.g. 1.4.13. The attached trivial patch fixes that (inlined below,
too).
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index c613954..a4cc127 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ case "$m4_version" in
( *\ 0.* \
| *\ 1.[0123] \
| *\ 1.[0123].* \
- | *\ 1.4.[0123456789] \
- | *\ 1.4.1[012345] \
+ | *\ 1.4.[01234567] \
)
printf '%s\n' "$me: $M4 ($m4_version) is too old" >&2
exit 1
Regards.
--
O.S.
From 608c91ec6f234cce6de1d0ade617913a70ef8cb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ozkan Sezer <seze...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2022 23:56:28 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] bootstrap: reject m4 versions only older than 1.4.8
---
bootstrap | 3 +--
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index c613954..a4cc127 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ case "$m4_version" in
( *\ 0.* \
| *\ 1.[0123] \
| *\ 1.[0123].* \
- | *\ 1.4.[0123456789] \
- | *\ 1.4.1[012345] \
+ | *\ 1.4.[01234567] \
)
printf '%s\n' "$me: $M4 ($m4_version) is too old" >&2
exit 1
--
1.7.1
