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authorHans Ulrich Niedermann <hun@n-dimensional.de>2021-10-12 19:34:54 +0200
committerHans Ulrich Niedermann <hun@n-dimensional.de>2021-11-07 22:28:48 +0100
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Add build tool version comment
This adds a list of tool releases with their respective release dates and why they are important for libgphoto2 (libexif requirements, notable bug fixes and features).
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])
+dnl Notable tool releases and why they are important for us:
+dnl
+dnl autoconf 2012-04-25 2.69 (what libexif requires)
+dnl autoconf 2006-04-12 2.59c (introduces localedir)
+dnl
+dnl automake 2013-12-24 1.14.1 (what libexif requires)
+dnl automake 2013-06-20 1.14 (introduces %reldir%, implies AM_PROG_CC_C_O)
+dnl automake 2013-05-15 1.13.2 (bugfix for handling multiple m4 macro dirs)
+dnl automake 2012-04-25 1.12 (introduces AM_PROG_AR)
+dnl automake 2009-05-17 1.11 (introduces AM_SILENT_RULES, pkglibexecdir)
+dnl automake 2005-07-10 1.9.6 (fixes filename-length-max=99)
+dnl automake 2004-07-28 1.9 (libgphoto2 requirement since 2.2.1.3 2006-09-28)
+dnl
+dnl gettext 2014-06-10 0.19.1 (allows building without updating *.po)
+dnl gettext 2013-07-07 0.18.3 (what libexif requires)
+dnl gettext 2012-12-08 0.18.2
+dnl gettext 2004-01-30 0.14.1
+dnl
+dnl libtool 2014-10-27 2.4.3
+dnl libtool 2011-10-18 2.4.2
+
+
# Use the silent-rules feature when possible.
m4_ifndef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [m4_define([AM_SILENT_RULES],[])])
AM_SILENT_RULES([no])