RE: [Axiom-developer] differences wh-sandbox and build-improvements

[gdr]

Quoting Bill Page <address@hidden>:

> On April 14, 2007 7:02 PM Gaby wrote:
> > There are more changes to come, but not before I find a more
> > reliable network connection and ways to install autoconf-2.60
> > on mingw/msys.
>
> What problems are you having with autoconf on MSYS/MinGW?

Build of Autoconf-2.6[01] fails for me with:

 "The system cannot find the specified file"

I've spent some time understanding this; I made some progress, but not
to the point of getting pass that failure.  my frustration with windows
is only growing.

> I built autoconf-2.61 and m4-1.4.9 directly from the gnu distribution
> sources. Provided you have upgraded m4 first, autoconf passes all
> tests.

I'm using m4-1.4.9 and ActivePerl-5.8.9 build 820.

> Apparently you can also install autoconf-2.61 and m4-1.4.7 binaries
> from:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=148008

yes, i donwloaded the autoconf package from there last night; I've
not tried that version yet.

> I ran build-setup.sh with autoconf-2.61 to create a new ./configure
> and built build-improvements on my Solaris 10.2 x86 system and on
> Windows without any problems.
>
> Is there any particular reason you want to continue using the older
> version autoconf-2.60? (I think you can, but I haven't actually built
> 2.60 on MSYS/MinGW.)

my three main linux boxes are running that version,

> Regards,
> Bill Page.