failure building HEAD

[Robert Collins]

checking whether autoconf is installed... yes
checking whether autoconf works... no
configure: error: The installed version of autoconf does not work.
    Please check config.log for error messages before this one.

I get the above configuring CVS automake.

from config.log:

configure:1819: eval autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.58
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
configure:1822: $? = 0 
configure:1830: result: yes
configure:1840: checking whether autoconf works
configure:1847: cd conftest && eval autoconf -o /dev/null conftest.ac
autom4te: cannot open /dev/null.tmp: Permission denied

Is this a 'need to use 2.59' thing? (If so, the error is misleading).

autoconf, invoked directly on other projects, works -just fine-.

Rob

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