Re: GNU Autoconf test version 2.59d available

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 04:51:53PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > I still had 2.59 installed in my $PATH
> 
> Yes, it's bad juju to try to mix autoconf versions in the same build.

the CVS version of automake contains code which ensures that automake
uses the same autoconf version which was (or will be) used to create
./configure.

If you have a temporary build of Autoconf, and want to use it without
installing it, start "make check", and when it tries to create
"tests/testsuite" (or when the testsuite is fired), hit Ctrl-C
(perhaps several times).  Then you can use the tests/autoconf--a
wrapper which ensures that the just built autoconf is used
consistently.  So if you put $your_build_dir/tests in front of your
PATH before performing other experiments, things should work
consistently.

Have a nice day,
        Stepan