Re: Broken makefile given Autoconf version mismatch

[Steven P. Ulrick]

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:32:08 +0200
Stepan Kasal <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello Steven,
> 
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 08:11:41AM -0500, Steven P. Ulrick wrote:
> > I had that EXACT thing happen to me when I was running Fedora Core
> > 3.
> 
> thank you for witnessing this.  It added up to convince me that
> Bruno's fix is really necessary.  I was blind for a long time.
> (And thanks to Noah, for starting this thread.)
> 
> > just for fun, I'm going to grab autoconf from CVS and compile &
> > install that.  Then I will grab a fresh copy of KRename from CVS
> > and see what happens when I install it.
> 
> At the time I write this, CVS is not fixed, but I think Ralf will fix
> it any minute.
> 
> If you find time to test the CVS version then, or the upcoming test
> release, it will help us to make a good 2.60.

Hello, Stepan :)
Last night I tested autoconf as follows:
1. I tried to compile GraphicsMagick using the autoconf that ships with
Fedora Core 5.  Just like with FC3, it bailed with an error message
that said that I needed autoconf 2.59c.
2. Grabbed a new copy of autoconf from CVS, compiled and installed it.
3. Grabbed a new copy of KRename (the only application that I saw this
problem with) and then compiled and installed that.  This time, no
unwanted additions to my / directory :)

So I guess that the problem is fixed in CVS, at least as far as Fedora
Core 5 is concerned.  I will do the same test again with any test
releases/final releases that you end up doing on autoconf 2.59.

A little trivia about this problem on my system: it REALLY annoyed me
until I discovered why these directories were being installed in /
instead of /usr/local/kde-svn.  So one time when I was getting ready
to install a fresh build of KRename (having used autoconf 2.59 from
CVS), I had Konqueror open when I became root and ran "make install"
Then I knew - I just sat there and watched the directories that I
mentioned in my initial email on this subject being written right smack
dab in /

Have a Great Day/Evening,
Steven P. Ulrick
> 
> Thanks,
>       Stepan
> 
> 
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