Changeset 7ecc6cd9 for general/prog

Timestamp:

08/31/2023 12:00:29 PM (9 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

12.0, 12.1, ken/TL2024, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, plabs/newcss, python3.11, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18

Children:

23b4981a

Parents:

5688813

Message:

autoconf213: Update package description

File:

• general/prog/autoconf213.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general/prog/autoconf213.xml

@@ -29 +29 @@
       <application>Autoconf2.13</application> is an old version of
       <application>Autoconf</application> . This old version accepts switches
-      which are not valid in more recent versions. Now that
-      <application>firefox</application> has started to use
-      <application>python2</application> for configuring, this old version is
-      required even if configure files have not been changed.
+      which are not valid in more recent versions and Mozilla applications
+      still need these switches now, so they require this old version for
+      regenerating the configure scripts.  Unlike other Mozilla
+      applications, <application>SeaMonkey</application> release tarballs
+      do not contain the pre-generated configure scripts, so this old
+      version is required even if configure files have not been changed.
     </para>