>> Ok. Unfortunately I'm not much of a autoconf hero (better to say: not >> at all). > Any person using autoconf is some of a hero. ;-)
Totally ... >> I can not test it on my system with --enable-maintainer-mode >> because I get: >> >> configure.ac:2: error: Please use exactly Autoconf 2.64 instead of 2.69. >> >> Why on earth does GCC require an old autoconf version? > There is an answer here: > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help/2011-01/msg00248.html Yes, I also found this in the meantime. > The bottom line is: > GCC versions the generated files, so require exactly one autoconf. > And I suppose it just hasn't been updated to require the latest one. Makes sense somehow, although it is pretty inconvenient. >> New patch attached ... > Tobias doesn't seem to argue (too much) against it, so OK. Thanks. Committed as r199585: http://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs/gcc?view=revision&revision=199585 Cheers, Janus
