Klee Dienes wrote:
1) Specify the versions of autoconf/automake/libtool/gettext by
reference to official tarballs from ftp.gnu.org. In general, define
the version used to be "the most recent officially released version of
each tool".
I'm not a heavy autotools guy, but I do try to maintain a standardized
build + test enviroment for gdb testing. I agree with the idea of
referring to official tarballs from ftp.gnu.org. I strongly think that
the pointer should say "autoconf 2.56", for example, rather than "the
most recent officialy released version of autoconf".