Re: Using newer autoconf in src/winsup directory

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>]

On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 01:47:25PM -0700, Steve Ellcey wrote:
>I have been working to move the src tree at soureware.org to a newer
>version of autoconf.  The reason for this is so that we can, in turn,
>move to a newer version of libtool.  Would it be possible to rebuild the
>configure scripts in src/winsup with a recent version of autoconf, like
>autoconf 2.59?  Most parts of the src tree have already moved to this
>version.

I tried to rebuild the top-level configure.in with autoconf 2.59 but
there were a few complaints.  If you have patches to deal with the
problems updating to a newer version, they would be appreciated.
Otherwise, I'll probably wait for someone who knows more about autoconf
to offer changes.

cgf