Building binutils 2.23.2; autoconf version problem
Flemming H. Sørensen
flemming.sorensen@pyro-os.org
Sun Apr 21 18:14:00 GMT 2013
>>
>> I do wonder, however, what is the reason for this dependency on legacy software?
>
>It's important that every binutils maintainer use precisely the same
>versions of autoconf and automake, to avoid introducing subtle bugs in
>configure and/or Makefile.in due to using and testing different
>versions.
>
>We can upgrade the specific versions being used by just announcing a
>plan to do so and testing the upgrade. It should be straightforward
>if you are interested.
>
I guess I can avoid the issue completely, by submitting the patch for support of the Pyro operating system.
http://pyro-os.org/STORAGE/flemming/pyro-binutils.patch.gz
// Flemming
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