Dear Jim, All,

On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 08:17:18AM -0400, Jim Jagielski wrote:

> I am unable to find any such change. There _are_ changes that
> address _using_ 2.73, but nothing that _requires_ 2.73.

I am restoring the requirement for Autoconf 2.72 then.

If possible I'd change it even to 2.71, but 2.72 is enough for me now.

Thank you and best regards.

> > On Jun 22, 2026, at 7:48 AM, Jim Jagielski <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > Hmmm... I don't think that was intended or even required.
> > 
> >> On Jun 16, 2026, at 1:45 AM, Arrigo Marchiori <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Dear All,
> >> 
> >> a recent commit changed the minimum required version of Autoconf in
> >> the trunk branch, to version 2.73.
> >> 
> >> None of the Linux distributions I have at the moment (Ubuntu 22.04,
> >> OpenSUSE Leap 16.0) ship that version of Autoconf. They ship 2.71 and
> >> 2.72 respectively.
> >> 
> >> Is this switch to Autoconf 2.73 important? I am afraid we are raising
> >> the entry barrier a bit too much: the cited distro's are still
> >> supported, although not ``bleeding edge''.
> >> 
> >> Thank you in advance and best regards,
> >> -- 
> >> Arrigo
> >> 
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> > Jim
> >  "This is an outrage!"
> >                        Tony Harrison
> > 
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> Jim
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>                         Tony Harrison
> 

-- 
Arrigo

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