Re: Automake requirements for gtk+, glib

["Matthias Clasen" <matthias clasen gmail com>]

On 6/16/07, Geoff Buchan <geoffrey buchan gmail com> wrote:
> I was trying to build gtk+ and glib from the trunk subversion sources, but
> autogen.sh complains about wanting version 1.7.x of automake. I now have
> automake v1.9.6
>  installed, so the default script was actually requiring me to use a much
> older version. Should it really depend on the older version ?
>
> I just changed my local autogen.sh to require 1.9.x instead of 1.7.x, and
> the build seems to be working fine now (it's still compiling; I'm building
> on a slow laptop). Should a patch updating this be added to subversion ?

No. automake versions are not compatible.
Simply changing the requirements is not an option.