multiple autoconf versions

[Warren Block]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Pollywog wrote:

> I am running FreeBSD 6.2 and I discovered that I have four versions of
> autoconf installed.
>
> autoconf-2.13.000227_6 Automatically configure source code on many Un*x
> platforms
> autoconf-2.53_4     Automatically configure source code on many Un*x platforms
> autoconf-2.59_3     Automatically configure source code on many Un*x platforms
> autoconf-2.61_2     Automatically configure source code on many Un*x platforms
>
>
> Should I remove any of them?  I know that in Linux, having more than one
> version of autoconf can cause problems, but I am not certain of what to do
> here.

>From /usr/ports/UPDATING:

20070930:
   AFFECTS: everyone
   AUTHOR: Mark Linimon <linimon at FreeBSD.org>

   The ports tree has been migrated to the latest version of autoconf,
   2.61.  Versions 2.53 and 2.59 were declared obsolete and removed.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA