Re: [PATCH] If --with-docdir isn't given, fall back to --docdir.

To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] If --with-docdir isn't given, fall back to --docdir.
From: Rocco Rutte <pdmef@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:14:39 +0200
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Hi,

* Matthias Andree wrote:

> You wouldn't be telling this to users, but to developers. Only those
> checking out from Mercurial will need to run autoconf.

Hmm, right.

> For developers, we can bump AC_PREREQ([2.54]) to AC_PREREQ([2.60]) so
> that older autoconf versions refuse operation. That would make sure
> that all "make dist" tarballs support --docdir from that point in
> time forward.

Yes, I'm perfectly fine with this, but I'm not sure Brendan is. He's the
maintainer and I think I won't push the patch without his ACK because he
vetoed already once (dropping --with-docdir altogether, not sure what he
thinks about the deprecation warning and bumping required autoconf).

Rocco

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