Do not error out with too new autoconf/automake

The tests are not useful, since the configure.ac file checks for
minimal version anyway.

(cherry picked from commit 510b2cfd64b1bca443ba3f4756b1bae0610e98fd)

diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 52ca5ca39b7ec581c64103cb17fc4f355047b6f7..886d54fee6dd008dc745b043ffde41e40dd57957 100755 (executable)
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -15,16 +15,6 @@ test "$automake_version" != "" && {
     exit 1
 }
 
-case $automake_version in
-    *' '1.1[456]*)
-       ;;
-    *)
-       echo "This automake version is not supported by LyX."
-       echo "LyX only supports automake 1.14 through 1.16."
-       exit 1
-       ;;
-esac
-
 # Discover what version of autoconf we are using.
 autoversion=`$AUTOCONF --version 2>/dev/null | head -n 1`
 
@@ -35,18 +25,6 @@ test "$autoversion" != "" && {
     exit 1
 }
 
-case $autoversion in
-    *' '2.6[5-9])
-       ;;
-    *' '2.71)
-       ;;
-    *)
-       echo "This autoconf version is not supported by LyX."
-       echo "LyX only supports autoconf 2.65-2.69, 2.71."
-       exit 1
-       ;;
-esac
-
 # Delete old cache directories.
 # automake will stop if their contents was created by an earlier version.
 rm -rf autom4te.cache

diff --git a/status.23x b/status.23x
index 2281beaae0212092cf71bdb2b94a2b685d5d10e7..18f5029ba4b14b28f5ca9a412709835f1a4c133f 100644 (file)
--- a/status.23x
+++ b/status.23x
@@ -103,3 +103,5 @@ What's new
 
 - fix warning when configuring with Qt 5.15.1x.
 
+- do not halt compilation because of a too new autoconf or automake version
+