Re: git clone build instructions

[William Pursell]

Please don't top post.

Keith Miller wrote:
> I think I'm having an issue with the version of autoconf that is expected.
> Here is the output from "autoreconf -iv":
> 
>> autoreconf -iv
> autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
> autoreconf: configure.in: not using Gettext
> autoreconf: running: aclocal
> autoreconf: configure.in: tracing
> autoreconf: configure.in: not using Libtool
> autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf
> configure.in:48: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
>       If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
>       See the Autoconf documentation.
> autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
> 
>> autoreconf -V
> autoreconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
> Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
> 
> Can someone confirm that this requires autoconf ver >2.60? I'm on SuSE and I
> haven't been able to find a suitable update for it.

AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS first appears in autoconf 2.59c.  You
can get the current autoconf at git://git.sv.gnu.org/autoconf

-- 
William Pursell