On Sun, 2011-06-05, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > SWIG is not required for building of SWIG-based bindings from release > tarballs, which contain > some SWIG-generated files. `configure` prints a warning, when a version of > SWIG newer than > hardcoded maximal version is detected. The maximal version very often becomes > outdated (e.g. > currently 2.0.4 is the newest available version) and for the long time there > hasn't been any > problem caused by new version of SWIG itself. I suggest to remove check for > maximal version > of SWIG. (`configure` from 1.6.x branch prints a warning when SWIG >=1.3.37 > is detected.) > > Index: build/ac-macros/swig.m4 > =================================================================== > --- build/ac-macros/swig.m4 (revision 1132477) > +++ build/ac-macros/swig.m4 (working copy) > @@ -92,15 +92,12 @@ > # packages/rpm/redhat-7.x/subversion.spec > # packages/rpm/rhel-3/subversion.spec > # packages/rpm/rhel-4/subversion.spec > - if test -n "$SWIG_VERSION" && > - test "$SWIG_VERSION" -ge "103024" && > - test "$SWIG_VERSION" -le "200002"; then > + if test -n "$SWIG_VERSION" && test "$SWIG_VERSION" -ge "103024"; then > SWIG_SUITABLE=yes > else > SWIG_SUITABLE=no > AC_MSG_WARN([Detected SWIG version $SWIG_VERSION_RAW]) > - AC_MSG_WARN([Subversion requires 1.3.24 or later, and is known to > work]) > - AC_MSG_WARN([with versions up to 2.0.2]) > + AC_MSG_WARN([Subversion requires SWIG 1.3.24 or later]) > fi > fi > > Index: subversion/bindings/swig/INSTALL > =================================================================== > --- subversion/bindings/swig/INSTALL (revision 1132477) > +++ subversion/bindings/swig/INSTALL (working copy) > @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ > > > Step 1: Install a suitable version of SWIG (which is > - currently swig version 1.3.24 - 2.0.2). > + currently SWIG version 1.3.24 or later).
+1. Information about the latest known compatibilities can never be kept up to date if is encoded within the Subversion distribution. This information would be better conveyed on the web. - Julian
