Re: [autoconf] checking automake version in configure.ac

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 10/06/2009 09:43 AM, Vincent Torri wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Oct 2009, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>
> > On 10/06/2009 08:49 AM, Vincent Torri wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a better one ?
> > Add the minimum version of automake required to _rebuild_ the 
> > automake generated to the option passed to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
> >
> > AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11])
>
> yes, but...
>
> > This way, running an insufficient automake on your source files will 
> > error out.
>
> ... I don't want that behavior. I just want to add a feature, not to 
> forbid a user to rebuild the files.
Your consideration doesn't make sense.

If your package requires a minimum version of automake, then your 
package can't be rebuilt without a sufficient version of automake, 
therefore the user must be stopped running his automake.

Ralf