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authorEric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>2012-03-07 10:47:01 -0700
committerEric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>2012-03-07 10:50:09 -0700
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build: require perl 5.6
This reduces the implicit requirement from 5.6.2 back to 5.6, while raising the explicit requirement to match the actual code. * configure.ac (PERL): Fail up front if perl is too old. * NEWS: Document this. * README: Likewise. * README-hacking: Likewise. * lib/Autom4te/ChannelDefs.pm: Bump requirement. * lib/Autom4te/General.pm: Relax requirement.
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Producing configuration scripts using Autoconf requires GNU M4 and
Perl. You should install GNU M4 (version 1.4.6 or later is required;
-1.4.14 or later is recommended) and Perl (5.005_03 or later) before
+1.4.14 or later is recommended) and Perl (5.006 or later) before
configuring Autoconf, so that Autoconf's configure script can find
them. The configuration scripts produced by Autoconf are
self-contained, so their users do not need to have Autoconf (or GNU