Re: [PATCH 1/5] objc++: initial support for Objective C++

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 04/30/2012 01:11 PM, Peter Breitenlohner wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2012, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> 
>> Unfortunately, this patch breaks automake with older autoconfs (e.g., 2.62),
>> even when the  Objective C++ is not used.  For example:
>>  ...
>> This is due to the unconditional use of 'AC_PROG_OBJCXX' in 
>> AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.  I've
>> squashed in the diff below, that solves the issue.
> 
> Hi Stefano,
> 
> Oops.  Initially in 2009 the idea was to require Autoconf 2.65,
>
I think bumping the required autoconf version to 2.65 will be ok for the
next major Automake release (1.13), but not for a maintenance release like
Automake 1.12.1.

> but with this workaround there is no need to do that.  You should,
> however, add this to the list of things to clean up once Automake
> requires Autoconf >= 2.65 (assuming there is such a list).
>
On the todo list for master then.

Thanks,
  Stefano