Re: RFA: fix gdbint.info autoconf version

["Douglas Evans" <dje at google dot com>]

On Nov 26, 2007 8:18 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:16:52 -0800
> > From: "Douglas Evans" <dje@google.com>
> >
> > How about this?
>
> Okay, but for these two minor issues:
>
> >  Check the @code{autoconf} version carefully.  You want to be using the
> > -version taken from the @file{binutils} snapshot directory, which can be
> > -found at @uref{ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/}. It is very
> > -unlikely that a system installed version of @code{autoconf} (e.g.,
> > -@file{/usr/bin/autoconf}) is correct.
> > +same version.
>
> What is meant by ``the same version''? same as what?
>
> > Currently this is 2.59.
>
> Please remove this sentence.  "Currently" will become obsolete very
> quickly, and has no real value here.  If you want to be friendly, you
> could show the fragment of `configure' where one sees the version, and
> state that in this fragment the version is so-and-so.
>
> Thanks.

Thanks.  How's this?

2007-11-28  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>

        * gdbint.texinfo (Create a release): Fix docs on what version
        of autoconf to use.

Index: gdbint.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.275
diff -u -p -u -p -r1.275 gdbint.texinfo
--- gdbint.texinfo      15 Nov 2007 06:14:26 -0000      1.275
+++ gdbint.texinfo      28 Nov 2007 18:43:48 -0000
@@ -6289,11 +6289,18 @@ Notes:

 @itemize @bullet
 @item
-Check the @code{autoconf} version carefully.  You want to be using the
-version taken from the @file{binutils} snapshot directory, which can be
-found at @uref{ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/}. It is very
-unlikely that a system installed version of @code{autoconf} (e.g.,
-@file{/usr/bin/autoconf}) is correct.
+Check the @code{autoconf} version carefully.  You want to use the same version
+that was previously used.  See the top of @file{configure} to see what version
+generated it.  In this example the version is 2.59.
+
+@smallexample
+bash$ head -3 configure
+#! /bin/sh
+# Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59.
+@end smallexample
+
+Autoconf can be obtained from @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/autoconf/}.
 @end itemize

 @subsubheading Check out the relevant modules: