build: don't require minimal automake version in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE

* configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Don't explicitly require a minimal
automake version number.  Since the Automake build system is only meant
to work with the bleeding-edge automake, that requirement was redundant
and misleading.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2c78288..86f44b6 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ AC_SUBST([am_AUTOUPDATE], ["${AUTOUPDATE-autoupdate}"])
 dnl We call AC_PROG_CC in an unusual way, and only for use in our
 dnl testsuite, so also use 'no-dependencies' and 'no-define' among
 dnl the automake options to avoid bloating and potential problems.
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10a dist-xz filename-length-max=99 color-tests
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-xz filename-length-max=99 color-tests
                  parallel-tests silent-rules no-define no-dependencies])
 
 # The API version is the base version.  We must guarantee