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Re: autoconf-2.62 doesn't build on RHEL4


From: Ralf Corsepius
Subject: Re: autoconf-2.62 doesn't build on RHEL4
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:12:07 +0200

On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 10:59 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Building autoconf-2.62 fails on RHEL4
> ...
> checking for expr... 
> /usr/bin/expr
> checking for GNU M4 that supports accurate traces... 
> configure: error: no acceptable m4 could be found in $PATH.
> GNU M4 1.4.5 or later is required; 1.4.11 is recommended
> 
> The error message is wrong and misleading:
> # gawk --version
> GNU Awk 3.1.3
> ....
> 
> nor does config.log contain any further hints on why configuring
> autoconf fails.
Urgh, my bad, I should have looked closer :(

RHEL 4 still ships an antiquated m4-1.4.1 

(Time for me to abandon supporting RHEL-4, I suppose ;)

Ralf







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