Re: automake compile problems

[Eric Blake]

On 05/30/2018 11:12 AM, Andy Armstrong wrote:

> To give some context to what I am doing, here is the timeline:
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> I did have Automake version 1.10, but my ultimate goal here is to compile the 
> nano text editor, which requires at least automake 1.15 and autoconf 2.69.

That's if you are modifying the source files and actually developing 
nano on your mainframe.  But what's wrong with the (often simpler) 
approach of using a more typical development box, probably using 
GNU/Linux, with modern autotools already installed, and running 'make 
dist' on the nano package there, then copying the tarball over?  Once 
you've done that, './configure && make' should work without requiring 
either automake or autoconf installed on the mainframe.  After all, the 
point of the autotools is to build self-contained tarballs that no 
longer require the presence of the autotools.

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