Re: After upgrade autoconf from 1.13 to 2.57, I experienced some problems - HELP

[Thomas Dickey]

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 code
> >
> > A 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.

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