Re: should automake1.6 "provide" automake?

[Stefan Schwandter <e9925373@student.tuwien.ac.at>]

Junichi Uekawa wrote:

> > > a) have automake1.6 provide automake
> > >    Ramifications: a package that build-depends on automake, but really wants
> > >    automake1.4 must be modified to use a versioned depend.
> 
> I have an impression that automake1.6 is really non-compatible with automake1.5
> AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE format has changed between 1.5 and 1.6

But processing automake 1.5 Makefile.am's with 1.6 seems to work.


regards, Stefan

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