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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2022-10-05 18:06:20 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2022-10-05 18:06:20 -0700 |
| commit | 85c0db3433edf053a477976aa1e2e4deb84d5905 (patch) | |
| tree | a77946a0086a2e329682c2292d7a967407af040a /doc/autoconf.texi | |
| parent | 412166e185c00d6eacbe67dfcb0326f622ec4020 (diff) | |
| download | autoconf-85c0db3433edf053a477976aa1e2e4deb84d5905.tar.gz | |
Update M4 version numbers in documentation
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diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 38e08597..c6eebe2c 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -767,10 +767,10 @@ for more information. Autoconf imposes some restrictions on the names of macros used with @code{#if} in C programs (@pxref{Preprocessor Symbol Index}). -Autoconf requires GNU M4 version 1.4.6 or later in order to +Autoconf requires GNU M4 version 1.4.8 or later in order to generate the scripts. It uses features that some versions of M4, including GNU M4 1.3, do not have. Autoconf works better -with GNU M4 version 1.4.14 or later, though this is not +with GNU M4 version 1.4.16 or later, though this is not required. @xref{Autoconf 1}, for information about upgrading from version 1. @@ -26428,7 +26428,8 @@ __file__ __line__ @end example -Autoconf requires version 1.4.6 or later of GNU M4. +Autoconf requires version 1.4.8 or later of GNU M4. +It works better with version 1.4.16 or later. Since only software maintainers need to use Autoconf, and since GNU M4 is simple to configure and install, it seems reasonable to require |