build: require Autoconf >= 2.62 and Automake >= 1.11.1

Older versions of those tools should be considered fully obsolete.
Also, GNU make already requires Gettext >= 0.18.1, which has been
released six months after Automake 1.11.1 and two years after
Autoconf 2.62; so the new requirement shouldn't be problematic
for people already bootstrapping GNU make from the Git repository.

* configure.ac (AC_PREREQ): Require Autoconf 2.62 or later.
(AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Require Automake 1.11.1 or later (1.11 had
some serious bugs, and should not be used).

Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 729cec8ef2dd3ba0aa0bcd7f872e1c46299a37d1..aa96aae39371d565ded4c485bbeb0ac28c6908d8 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -113,6 +113,20 @@
        * job.c (start_job_command): Don't redirect output for recursive
        make jobs, unless we're in makefile synchronization mode.
 
+2013-04-30  Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>  (tiny change)
+
+       build: require Autoconf >= 2.62 and Automake >= 1.11.1
+
+       Older versions of those tools should be considered fully obsolete.
+       Also, GNU make already requires Gettext >= 0.18.1, which has been
+       released six months after Automake 1.11.1 and two years after
+       Autoconf 2.62; so the new requirement shouldn't be problematic
+       for people already bootstrapping GNU make from the Git repository.
+
+       * configure.ac (AC_PREREQ): Require Autoconf 2.62 or later.
+       (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Require Automake 1.11.1 or later (1.11 had
+       some serious bugs, and should not be used).
+
 2013-04-30  Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>  (tiny change)
 
        build: get rid of 'HAVE_ANSI_COMPILER' C preprocessor conditional

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b70f0455dc709803c63527dfccbd249acb3df89..da2071fc73d538f7fed861923bdf4cc189e4246b 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 #
-# Copyright (C) 1993-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1993-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # This file is part of GNU Make.
 #
 # GNU Make is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 AC_INIT([GNU make],[3.82.90],[bug-make@gnu.org])
 
-AC_PREREQ([2.59])
+AC_PREREQ([2.62])
 
 # Autoconf setup
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([vpath.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 # Automake setup
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11.1])
 
 # Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CC