Re: bug with automake 1.6 and autoconf 2.53

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 01:44:42PM -0700, Jeff Deifik wrote:
> autoconf --version
> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.53

Ok, so you have autoconf 2.53 installed, but apparently it 
cannot work because it fails to launch GNU m4: 

> /home/jdeifik/gnu/automake-1.6/lib/missing --run autoconf -o /dev/null 
> conftest.ac
> autom4te: need GNU m4 1.4 or later: /usr/ets/bin/m4
> configure:1590: $? = 1
> configure:1592: error: Autoconf 2.52 or better is required

Who is /usr/ets/bin/m4?

Can you try to run autoconf on a simple project?  For instance
try to run autoconf on the automake-1.6 tree.  I'd be surpized it works.

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz