Hello Benoit, * Benoit Sigoure wrote on Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 08:09:51PM CET: > On Nov 15, 2007, at 10:30 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > >Another nitty gritty detail: should I leave in the version check >= > >2.62 in Libtool so that future Autoconf versions will not need to > >carry around the witness macro baggage? > > I don't get it. What's the point of introducing this witness macro > if it's not to use it in Libtool?
It _is_ used in Libtool, for Autoconf older than 2.62. > Within 3 or 4 years, a version check will probably be enough, but in > the mean time, I think we do better use the witness macro. But the next Libtool release will very likely be in use 3 or 4 years from now. Putting the safe version check in now means we don't regress at that point. Cheers, Ralf
