correct version of the autoconf tools?

[David Holmes]

Hi Thomas,

On 19/12/2016 8:15 PM, Thomas Stüfe wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> What is the correct version of the autoconf tools to use when regenerating
> generated-configure.sh?

Current checked-in hs and dev versions says

# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for OpenJDK jdk9.


> I am generating with autoconf 2.69 and get a number of diffs unrelated to
> my change, among others:
>
> +  -runstatedir | --runstatedir | --runstatedi | --runstated \
> +  | --runstate | --runstat | --runsta | --runst | --runs \
>
> etc. I see option runstatedir has been removed in "8166937: [Solaris]
> Missing libjvm_db.so and libjvm_dtrace.so from JDK 9 b138". Was that
> delibarate? Am I using the wrong autoconf?
>
> Or, asked another way, should I even care? When providing webrevs for
> changes in m4 files, should I also provide an updated configure script? And
> if yes, should it only diff minimally?

You should include it in the webrev simply because it will be there 
anyway. But I never review it, only the .m4 changes.

David

> Thank you!
>
> Thomas
>