RE: [Axiom-developer] differences wh-sandbox andbuild-improvements

[gdr]

Quoting Bill Page <address@hidden>:

> On April 15, 2007 5:56 AM Gaby wrote:
>
> > ...
> > 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 think it best to avoid the trap that most linux developers
> fall into when working with Windows. As far as I am concerned
> it is just another operating system ...

Maybe -- I don't know what trap it is.

> > Bill Page wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> I have:
>
> $ m4 --version
> m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.9
>
> $ perl --version
>
> This is perl, v5.6.1 built for msys
>
> $ gcc --version
> gcc.exe (GCC) 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
> $ make --version
> GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
> Built for i686-pc-msys

Apart from ActivePerl, I have the same setting.

> ----------
>
> My first guess is that your problem might have something to do
> with be the version of Perl that you are using. I have never
> used ActivePerl for buidling MSYS/MinGW apps.

Maybe.  But, again, the idea of using ActivePerl for msys/mingw came from
mingw website.  I did not pull it out of my hat.


> I prefer to install as much from the MSYS/MinGW distribution
> as possible. See for example the instructions here:
>
> http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/BuildAxiom
>
> under the heading "Building Axiom on Windows".
>
> Then I built m4 and autoconf from the GNU sources without any
> problems.
>
> > > 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.
>
> Let me know how it turns out.

not well -- my Perl is not /bin/perl.

> > ...
> > > Is there any particular reason you want to continue using
> > > the older version autoconf-2.60?
> > >
> >
> > my three main linux boxes are running that version,
>
> I recommend that we go to autoconf-2.61 for all Axiom builds.

As long as you prepare and commit all my patches, I'm fine with that.

> Regards,
> Bill Page.