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Re: DOC PATCH to releasing.html: makeinfo requirement
- From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
- To: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
- Cc: <gcc at integrable-solutions dot net>, <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: 23 Feb 2003 22:09:40 +0100
- Subject: Re: DOC PATCH to releasing.html: makeinfo requirement
- Organization: Integrable Solutions
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0302232057150.5147-100000@kern.srcf.societies.cam.ac.uk>
"Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk> writes:
| On 19 Feb 2003 gcc at integrable-solutions dot net wrote:
|
| > + <li>Required tool chains:
| > + <ul>
| > + <li>Make sure you version of <code>makeinfo</code> is at least 4.1.</li>
| > + </ul>
| > + </li>
|
| That's only the version for the 3.2 branch. For 3.3 and mainline you need
| at least 4.2.
|
| At present, increasing the required version (when there's a new feature we
| want to use) involves changing configure.in and updating install.texi
| (more than one place). I'd rather not add another place that repeats the
| required version number - just reference install/build.html for details of
| versions required when building from CVS.
Then propose a scheme that makes it possible to "know" the required
version of makeinfo. Otherwise, you're just encouraging all sort of chaos.
-- Gaby