[project @ 2003-05-29 09:01:20 by simonmar]

Use AC_PREREQ to ensure that we have at least autoconf 2.52, and
remove some old messages about version 2.13.

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c53a151..9ab0b3e 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ dnl
 # First off, a distrib sanity check..
 AC_INIT(mk/config.mk.in)
 
+dnl * We require autoconf version 2.53 due to the use of AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
+AC_PREREQ(2.52)
+
 dnl * Declare subdirectories that have a private configure script
 dnl
 dnl After the toplevel configuration is complete, the script will recurse into
@@ -1252,11 +1255,6 @@ AC_C_PROTOTYPES
 
 dnl ** are we big endian?
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
-# Allay users' general fear of warnings of any kind.
-errprint(fptools configure script wizard sez: autoconf-2.50 or later should produce no warnings
-)
-errprint(if you are using 2.13 or earlier, you may get a (harmless) warning message.
-)
 
 dnl ** check for leading underscores in symbol names
 FPTOOLS_UNDERSCORE