On 2015/09/11 01:12, patrick keshishian wrote: > On 9/11/15, Jérémie Courrèges-Anglas <j...@wxcvbn.org> wrote: > > patrick keshishian <pkesh...@gmail.com> writes: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Is there any preference/rule as to which version of autoconf > >> one should use in a new port? > >> > >> One with the largest version number or the lowest one > >> which works? > > > > I'd say use the same version as upstream if possible. > > The source archive, only ships with a autogen.sh which > calls 'autoreconf -vfi'
grr, another one of those. bad upstream! > After trying my way up from 2.13, I sent out my email. > Then I settled on using 2.69, which works/ed. In those cases, if the source is reasonably recent then 2.69 is usually preferred.
