Re: gettext 0.11.2: Using autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6.1

[Bob Proulx]

> Maciej W. Rozycki writes:
> >  Do you intend to switch to newer versions of autoconf and automake
> > anytime soon?  If so, I have suitable patches available.
> 
> Thanks, but in the gettext package I plan to stay with autoconf-2.13,
> to ensure that the gettext.m4 macros work with this version of
> autoconf. And since automake 1.6 requires autoconf 2.52, this also
> means I stay with automake 1.5.

Just a plug for the later autoconf-2.52 and later.  Those are the ones
that have full support for HP-UX systems.  Prior to those versions you
can't autoconf out of the box but usually have to drive the CFLAGS
into ANSI mode and also large file support.

Bob