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From: | Thomas Dickey |
Subject: | Re: After upgrade autoconf from 1.13 to 2.57, I experienced some problems - HELP |
Date: | Thu, 7 Dec 2006 06:18:16 -0500 (EST) |
On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote:
Thomas Dickey <address@hidden> writes:On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Andreas Schwab wrote:Thomas Dickey <address@hidden> writes:In contrast, I can plug current ncurses libraries into a system that's built with ncurses 5.0, and just assume it'll work. That's from 1999.That's not a useful comparison. How many new features have been added to ncurses in the last 6 years? Also, try compiling the 6 years old codeA lot more than autoconf. Run a diff and compare.A diff doesn't say anything. The NEWS file lists only bug fixes, AFAICS.
duh. I assumed too much of your capability. Look at the diff's from release to release. NEWS doesn't list just bug-fixes, either, but I concede that if one knows very little of the topic area, one item looks much like another.
with a state-of-the-art compiler.Again, works better than you're insinuating.Doesn't work.
That's a very concise bug report, giving no specifics. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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