[RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Doug Evans wrote:

>  > 1) Specify the versions of autoconf/automake/libtool/gettext by 
>  > reference to official tarballs from ftp.gnu.org.
> 
> This places a requirement on the maintainers of ftp.gnu.org
> to not delete said tarballs until binutils has been updated.
> I dont' think you or they want that kind of coupling.

 Historically this is not a problem.  The maintainers of ftp.gnu.org are
not that hasty in deleting old stuff (which is the right way).  There are
old releases of autoconf back to 2.7, automake back to 1.0, gettext 0.10
and libtool 1.0.  The worst that happens is moving stuff from /gnu to
/old-gnu. 

> Better to uncouple things and have your own tarballs.
> Then you can upgrade according to your schedule, not theirs.

 Of course archiving copies separately is not a problem, either.  Then you
can write: "Get copies from ftp.gnu.org, or use versions archived here." 

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