GNU Autoconf 2.61 [PSARC/2007/424 FastTrack timeout 07/30/2007]

[Richard Lowe]

Alan Coopersmith <alanc at sac.sfbay.sun.com> writes:

> I am sponsoring this fasttrack for Dermot McCluskey, with a timeout of 
> next Monday, July 30, 2007.
>
>         -Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
>          Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
>
> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.64 07/13/07 SMI
> This information is Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems
> 1. Introduction
>     1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> 	 GNU Autoconf 2.61
>     1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> 	 Author:  Dermot McCluskey
>     1.3  Date of This Document:
> 	23 July, 2007
> 4. Technical Description
>
> Update GNU Autoconf to 2.61
>
> 1.  Summary
>
> 	This fast-track increments the version of Autoconf in Solaris
> 	to 2.61 and moves the package from /usr/sfw to /usr.
>
> 	Patch release binding is requested.

> 2.  Discussion
>
> 	Autoconf is a utility that produces scripts to automatically
> 	configure source code for building on different UNIX-like platforms.
> 	It is usually used in conjunction with the other "auto tools",
> 	automake and libtool, to make it easier to build applications on
> 	different platforms.
>
> 	The version proposed here is the latest stable version available
> 	and will replace version 2.59, which is currently in Solaris.
>

I don't see any mention of compatibility here, beyond that implied by
the combination of Uncommitted interfaces and Patch binding.

What are the actual changes to autoconf in this case, it surely can't be solely
the version number, but that's all that's mentioned.

Given the Patch binding, I'm assuming you're also going to include
symlinks in /usr/sfw?

-- Rich