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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion Doc/using/configure.rst
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Expand Up @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Features and minimum versions required to build CPython:

* Tcl/Tk 8.5.12 for the :mod:`tkinter` module.

* Autoconf 2.71 and aclocal 1.16.5 are required to regenerate the
* Autoconf 2.72 and aclocal 1.16.5 are required to regenerate the
:file:`configure` script.

.. versionchanged:: 3.1
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.. versionchanged:: 3.13
Autoconf 2.71, aclocal 1.16.5 and SQLite 3.15.2 are now required.

.. versionchanged:: next
Autoconf 2.72 is now required.

See also :pep:`7` "Style Guide for C Code" and :pep:`11` "CPython platform
support".

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions configure.ac
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Expand Up @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl ************************************************************
dnl * Please run autoreconf -ivf -Werror to test your changes! *
dnl ************************************************************
dnl
dnl Python's configure script requires autoconf 2.71, autoconf-archive,
dnl Python's configure script requires autoconf 2.72, autoconf-archive,
dnl aclocal 1.16, and pkg-config.
dnl
dnl It is recommended to use the Tools/build/regen-configure.sh shell script
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# Set VERSION so we only need to edit in one place (i.e., here)
m4_define([PYTHON_VERSION], [3.14])

AC_PREREQ([2.71])
AC_PREREQ([2.72])

AC_INIT([python],[PYTHON_VERSION],[https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/])

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