[oe] fennec fails to build when host system lacks autoconf2.13

[Phil Blundell]

On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 18:13 +0200, Henning Heinold wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 04:10:29PM +0200, Koen Kooi wrote:
> > On 27-09-2008 22:09, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> It takes a while until I found the reason fennec was failing to build;
> >> it needs autoconf2.13 but OE doesn't has it anymore.
> >>
> >> Does someone feels like fixing it?
> >
> > I've asked the mozilla people to fix their crappy autotools code, but  
> > they say that the mozilla code isn't buggy, but that all autoconf >2.13  
> > versions are buggy.....
> 
> Args,
> 
> I looked at this autotools abuse too and this is really crap. Seems
> no easy fixing for us.

Is it that hard to put autoconf 2.13 back in OE?  I don't know why it
was removed but I can't think of any insurmountable obstacle to
reinstating it.  Debian is still shipping that old version for
compatibility reasons, which suggests that there is a significant
codebase out there which doesn't build with autoconf 2.50 and newer.

p.