Hi Jim,
$ /gnu-inst-autoconf/2.59/bin/autoreconf --help | grep no-recursive
$ /gnu-inst-autoconf/2.60/bin/autoreconf --help | grep no-recursive
--no-recursive don't rebuild sub-packages
$ /gnu-inst-autoconf/2.71/bin/autoreconf --help | grep no-recursive
--no-recursive don't rebuild sub-packages
So, old Autoconf versions did not support the --no-recursive option,
but new versions do.
Your patch claims to "Drop that workaround", but in fact, what it does,
is to treat *all* autoconf versions as if they were old. It should
do the opposite: use the option --no-recursive unconditionally.
Bruno
