correct version of the autoconf tools?

[Thomas Stüfe]

Hi Volker,

On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Volker Simonis <volker.simonis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think it's still 2.69 - at least that's what generated-configure.sh
> pretends:
>
> #! /bin/sh
> # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
> # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for OpenJDK jdk9.
>
> In general you don't have to really care because it has to be
> re-generated on Oracle's side anyway. But I think providing a version
> of generated-configure.sh within the webrev is just a convenience for
> reviewers (and a double-check for you).
>
>
Thanks!


> I'm actually not sure why you get unrelated changes in the file when
> using autoconf 2.69?
>

I think I just used a too modern variant of autoconf. It introduced into
configure.sh the --runstatedir option, which autoconf 2.69 does not yet
have.


>
> Regards,
> Volker
>
>
>
Thanks, Thomas


> On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Thomas Stüfe <thomas.stuefe at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > What is the correct version of the autoconf tools to use when
> regenerating
> > generated-configure.sh?
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Thomas
>