From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.patches,gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.general,gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs-22.0.99 configure problem Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 06:16:20 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87zm4pg50l.fsf@penguin.cs.ucla.edu> <87ps5kne6p.fsf@penguin.cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178075788 20073 80.91.229.12 (2 May 2007 03:16:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 03:16:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: autoconf-patches@gnu.org, autoconf@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: autoconf-patches-bounces+gnu-autoconf-patches=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 02 05:16:27 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gnu-autoconf-patches@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hj5KM-0005D9-MW for gnu-autoconf-patches@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 May 2007 05:16:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hj5Qi-00032L-PT for gnu-autoconf-patches@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 23:23:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hj5Qe-0002z9-77 for autoconf-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 23:22:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hj5Qc-0002uw-JW for autoconf-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 23:22:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hj5Qc-0002uj-8j; Tue, 01 May 2007 23:22:54 -0400 Original-Received: from romy.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hj5KE-0001ce-BA; Tue, 01 May 2007 23:16:18 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-83-130-198-33.inter.net.il [83.130.198.33]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id HTD79271 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 2 May 2007 06:16:16 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <87ps5kne6p.fsf@penguin.cs.ucla.edu> (message from Paul Eggert on Tue, 01 May 2007 19:37:34 -0700) X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) X-BeenThere: autoconf-patches@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches for autoconf - the GNU build system List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: autoconf-patches-bounces+gnu-autoconf-patches=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: autoconf-patches-bounces+gnu-autoconf-patches=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.patches:4576 gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.general:9221 gmane.emacs.devel:70466 Archived-At: > From: Paul Eggert > Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 19:37:34 -0700 > Cc: autoconf-patches@gnu.org, autoconf@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > Perhaps the simplest thing is to generate a new Autoconf version? You > could then install and use that. It should not take much time for me > to generate a new test version of Autoconf on alpha.gnu.org, if this > idea seems good to you. FWIW, I think we should only use a new Autoconf if it is a patched variant of the same version of Autoconf we use today. Otherwise, we are risking new bugs in the already tested configury when the release is around the corner.