On 12/5/2021 3:50 AM, Achim Gratz wrote:
Autoconf upstream has stated that the 2.7x releases are not fully backwards compatible. Cygwin therefore chose to provide a new autoconf2.7 package (keeping autoconf2.5 available) and modifying the wrapper script to allow packaging systems to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 to select a newer autoconf version. The default (when no explicit WANT_AUTOCONF is set) is still "2.5", which selects autoconf version 2.69 on Cygwin.
As you explained on IRC earlier today, what you meant is that the default for packages built via cygport is still 2.5.
The default will change to "2.7" after some period of testing. Cygwin package maintainers are encouraged to set WANT_AUTOCONF=2.7 in their cygport configuration or in individual cygport files in order to check for regressions.
I have a comment about this, but I'll follow up on cygwin-apps. Ken -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
