Re: Autoconf release plans

Bruno Haible via Bug reports for autoconf <[email protected]> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:44:06 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.bugs,gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs
Organization GNU
Message-ID <2240447.62m94kTkzf@nimes>
Yesterday I wrote:
> There are these proposed patches for
>   https://savannah.gnu.org/support/index.php?111272
>   https://savannah.gnu.org/support/index.php?111273
> that allow distros to use 'autoreconf' in their packages, when GNU gettext
> 0.23.2, 0.24.2, 0.25.1, 0.26 or newer is installed. (Without these patches,
> Debian encountered build failures in more than 200 packages [1].)
> 
> I will revise them tomorrow, to enable compatibility with older gettext
> releases, as requested [2]

Done.

I would like to ask Zack for a re-review and inclusion of these two patches.

Bruno