Re: Skip all version checks with autoconf?

2018-08-27 Thread Earnie
On 8/25/2018 1:18 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 08/24/2018 05:59 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >>> It is not autoconf's problem when someone writes a configure.ac that >>> wrongly >>> claims to use too-new of a version of automake.  But if you don't >>> think the >>> package is actually relying on a

Re: Skip all version checks with autoconf?

2018-08-27 Thread Keith Marshall
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 27/08/18 15:42, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Sat, 25 Aug 2018, Marko Lindqvist wrote: > >> Indeed. When considering addition of a new macro call to >> configure.ac it often requires a lot of digging (usually from >> NEWS) to find out if using that

Re: Skip all version checks with autoconf?

2018-08-27 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Sat, 25 Aug 2018, Marko Lindqvist wrote: Indeed. When considering addition of a new macro call to configure.ac it often requires a lot of digging (usually from NEWS) to find out if using that macro is safe with current minimum autoconf version requirement. It would be really good if the

Re: Skip all version checks with autoconf?

2018-08-27 Thread Eric Blake
On 08/24/2018 05:59 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: It is not autoconf's problem when someone writes a configure.ac that wrongly claims to use too-new of a version of automake. But if you don't think the package is actually relying on a feature that only that newer automake provided, you are welcome