Re: Require newer perl?

[Peter O'Gorman]

Gary V. Vaughan wrote:

> I kept getting crap like this:
> autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
> Can't locate object method "TIEHASH" via package
> "Tie::RefHash::Nestable" at /usr/local/bin/automake line 517.
> autoreconf: failed to run automake: No such file or directory
>
> My perl is 5.6.0, so I think requiring this package is an automake screw
> up, they apparently want perl-5.5 or greater, but Tie::RefHash::Nestable
> is not in 5.6.0, perhaps it is in 5.6.1, it is definitely in 5.8.0 and
> later (I got my copy from 5.8.1).

Thanks for passing this on Gary, however it appears that the bug is with
me. I assumed that savannah.gnu.org and
http://www.gnu.org/software/automake would have the latest automake
information.

As it turns out savannah.gnu.org has automake cvs from more than 6
months ago. I am told that the latest automake has removed references to
Tie::RefHash::Nestable.

It would be nice if savannah cvs was updated and the page on gnu.org was
made to redirect to the real automake home page though.

Thanks,
Peter
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