Re: Should libXt-devel be required to build Emacs?

[Richard Stallman]

    > That's not so bad.  Most users don't need to rebuild the configure
    > file, so they won't have a problem.
    >
    > However, we could ask the Autoconf developers to release a patched
    > version 2.59.1 which fixes this bug and doesn't require a new M4.

    On the other hand, most users don't compile Emacs at all; they use
    pre-packaged binaries; those that do compile Emacs can surely install
    libXt-dev.

I don't remember all the details of the problem.  If libXt-dev is not
installed, what happens when configure is correctly built with
autoconf 2.61?  Does compilation fail because libXt-dev includes
things needed for compilation?  Or does compilation work?