Hello guys,
I see there are many version of autoconf and automake available in my ubuntu linux. If I want create a new project from scratch, what's best choice, latest versions or older versions?
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Go with the latest version. It's only developers who are rebuilding the configure system that need to use autoconf and automake (and thus need to have the newer version installed), which likely just means "you"; it won't affect users who are just building your project using your distributed configure files.
caf
2010-07-02 10:56:31
+1, Additionally, I usually make nighly snapshots of repositories and include the generated configure script in them. This lets people send patches without much difficulty. Those who have commit access will also (typically) have the appropriate version of autotools installed.
Tim Post
2010-07-02 12:51:45
Thanks for your answer, I asked such question because I'm writing something like an apache httpd module. Probably (I bet) no one will ever help me.
freedev
2010-07-03 16:52:29
@freedev: Sure. And the newer versions of autoconf at least give you access to more pre-built tests and things, so it's definitely a win.
caf
2010-07-04 06:16:03
Although I normally agree whole-heartedly to go with the latest release, there are some fairly large regressions in autoconf 2.66, and you might want to stick with 2.65 until 2.67 is released.
William Pursell
2010-07-19 07:03:41