Jim Meyering wrote:
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> Thanks for the fix.
> In the interests of documenting-in-code (not just in logs)
> and not letting such a kludge hang around forever, I've added comments:
...
> -# Tell autoreconf not to invoke autopoint or libtoolize; they were run above.
> +# Some systems (RHEL 5) are using ancient autotools, for which the
> +# --no-recursive option had not been invented. Detect that lack and
> +# omit the option when it's not supported. FIXME in 2017: remove this
> +# hack when RHEL 5 autotools are updated, or when they become irrelevant.
Actually, effective support for RHEL5 is slated to end
2014-03-31 (End of Production 3 / End of Regular Life Cycle)
so I may change the year in the comment above.
2017 is the End of Extended Life Cycle, which should be
less relevant from a build-tool perspective.
