On Nov 24, 2016, at 10:05, Eric V. Smith <eric@trueblade.com> wrote:
On Nov 24, 2016, at 10:00 AM, R. David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> wrote:
(I thought we had actually introduced a check for it in the Makefile, but I guess not...that would make it inconvenient for someone to intentionally use a different version for a custom build.)
I'm quite sure we did have such a check back some years ago back when there were less compatible versions of autoconf in wide use. It could be restored if someone wants to write a patch.
Would it be possible to add a commit hook? It seems like that would be the correct place to catch it.
It could but I'm sure you'd agree this is not something we need to be spending time on with our soon-to-be-retired hg-based workflow. As I suggested earlier in this thread, if there is interest in doing something, it should be considered for the new git-based workflow and, "if it hasn't already been discussed there, it might be worth bringing up on the core-workflow mailing list".
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