On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 10:36 AM, dalibor topic <dalibor.to...@oracle.com> wrote:
> On 06.02.2018 09:51, Thomas Stüfe wrote: > >> You are right, maybe adapting to autoconf 2.69 is the cleaner way to go >> instead of trying to make the builds run with an older autoconf. >> > It most likely is. > > The older the autoconf is that one requires, the more problematic using > the OS provided one becomes, as due to the murky past of autotools, OS > vendors used to patch them quite extensively to try to work around the > effects of incompatibilities in transitions between 2.13 and 2.50. > > The autoconf civil wars took many years to settle down. See > https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2001/msg00177.html for an example > of the accidental complexity that the whole thing triggered. > Reading through this is quite painful :) Yes, I am convinced now. ..Thomas > > cheers, > dalibor topic > -- > <http://www.oracle.com> Dalibor Topic | Principal Product Manager > Phone: +494089091214 <tel:+494089091214> | Mobile: +491737185961 > <tel:+491737185961> > > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Kühnehöfe 5 | 22761 Ham > <https://maps.google.com/?q=G+%7C+K%C3%BChneh%C3%B6fe+5+%7C+22761+Ham&entry=gmail&source=g> > burg > > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG > Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-8 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=ng:+Riesstr.+25,+D-8&entry=gmail&source=g>0992 > München > Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 > > Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. > Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande > Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 > Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Jan Schultheiss, Val Maher > > <http://www.oracle.com/commitment> Oracle is committed to developing > practices and products that help protect the environment >
