Re: bug with automake 1.6 and autoconf 2.53

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 03:11:33PM -0700, Jeff Deifik wrote:
> At 11:05 PM 6/6/2002 +0200, you wrote:
> >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?
> 
> I don't know, 

What does 
  /usr/ets/bin/m4 --version
prints?

> but
> which m4 says:
> /home/jdeifik/bin/m4

Autoconf doesn't care about that, it tries to run /usr/ets/bin/m4.

If you want /home/jdeifik/bin/m4 to be run, try to reinstall Autoconf,
or set the M4 environment variable.

> 
> >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.
> 
> It seems to be working. I ran make check, and about 40 or so tests
> failed, and the rest passed. I was a bit concerned that any failed...

No test should fail.  I can't help if you don't give details.

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz