autoconf _shouldn't_ be relevant to building, rather than maintaining the project. (I know you can't always get a proper release in this day and age.) In some

autoconf _shouldn't_ be relevant to building, rather than maintaining the project. (I know you can't always get a proper release in this day and age.) In some cases you do need to re-autoconfiscate, which is why EPEL6 has autoconf268 (from RHEL7). Otherwise there's a software collection with up-to-date autotools, though you might expect them in the devtoolsets.