[PATCH 1/2] configure.ac: remove unneeded AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])

Frank Ch. Eigler fche@redhat.com
Tue Dec 15 20:14:27 GMT 2020


Hi -

> I think it is too early to switch to autoconf 2.70. Currently we
> require autoconf 2.63 and automake 1.11. We could probably upgrade to
> autconf 2.69 and automake 1.13, but that doesn't seem to help with
> AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR/ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS.
> 
> Since AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR is deprecated in 2.70 and ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS is
> still needed even with it set lets just go with your patch and remove
> it. We can see what we do when we upgrade autoconf/automake versions.
> [...]

Note that since we do not commit auto*-generated code into the repo,
we don't really upgrade elfutils autoconf/automake versions.  We are
subject to the whims of each build-host or make-dist-host environment
(which could be relatively old).

- FChE



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