Olivier Delhomme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:48:08 +0100, Jim Meyering disait : > >> I'll stop providing them. Actually, that wouldn't be too surprising, >> since the process of checking out the code and running "./bootstrap && >> ./configure && make && make dist" probably works fine for most people >> who try, these days. > > On my debian system, the automake package is only at version 1.9.6 and > not 1.10 as requested. Anyway I modified the incriminated line in the > configure.ac file and the whole procedure just ran ok ! Is there any > special reason to require automake 1.10 version ?
One problem is that pre-1.10 can end up using a race-prone MKDIR_P. I'm sure there are other specific reasons, but can't name others off the top of my head. There may be subtle portability problems. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
