Why does autoconf depend on autoconf2.13?

[Phil Edwards <phil@jaj.com>]

Looking over the 'dpkg -L' output, it appears that all the files needed by
autoconf (now at 2.53) are provided in that package.  It doesn't appear --
AFAICT -- to use anything from autoconf2.13.

So I tried to purge autoconf2.13 but dpkg bitched at me.  I'm curious why.


Phil

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