Re: CVS source tree problem

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
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>>>>Correct. prepare works fine with autoconf 2.57f.
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>>>I downloaded the latest version of autoconf and it doesn't
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>Someone might be able to help you with those if you detailed them. In my
>experience, automake and autoconf don't really need much in terms of other
>programs, if you start off a reasonably complete Unix-ish system.
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Perhaps I will give it a try later; just debating if I should put
effort into that or update to a new snapshot release.

>>Never mind.  I can just download the individual source files and place
>>them in an old source tree.
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>That won't work --- the change to AC_PREREQ() wasn't done just for fun.
>We actually need it.  You risk missing important bugfixes because latest
>source files can no longer work with outdated configure & friends.
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I understand.  I've conceded on the latest version of Gnuplot
for now.  But for some patches, so long as I have the latest
C file and diff against only those, it should be fine.

Thanks,

Dan


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