Hi,
On Wed, 6 May 2015 15:55:57, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
>
> On Wed, 6 May 2015, Michael Haubenwallner wrote:
>
>> Am 2015-05-05 um 18:03 schrieb Michael Haubenwallner:
>>> Now that gcc-5 is out, what about an automake-1.11.6 update for gcc-6?
>>
>> Patch for top-level files.
>
> I don't think this top-level patch is a good idea. These are *not*
> generated files, they're scripts imported verbatim from the relevant
> upstream repositories (not releases). Any change should simply be
> importing the latest upstream version. Updating the version of automake
> used should solely be able changing files that are generated, not copied,
> by automake (e.g. Makefile.in generated from Makefile.am) - plus of course
> documenting the new automake version in install.texi.
>
Yes, you are probably right for config.guess and config.sub, these look rather
current
anyway.
But that is not the case for other tool scripts. I think these should be
in-sync
with the automake version that creates the configure scripts that make use of
them.
Bernd.
