autoconf test failure

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Hello, I got the following failure when I tried to install autoconf this evening.  I have included the .log per instructions.  Please let me knwo what to do.

==================================== Test suite log for GNU Autoconf 2.52 ==================================== /usr/local/downloads/autoconf-2.52/ChangeLog : | 2001-07-18 Akim Demaille <address@hidden> | | Version 2.52. | | 2001-07-18 Akim Demaille <address@hidden> | | The C-Fortran 77 hooks are available only once AC_F77_DUMMY_MAIN | was run, while they are needed also when it is expanded. | Reported by Nicolas Joly. | Failed tests: 26: torture.at:90 AC_CONFIG_FILES, HEADERS, LINKS and COMMANDS 96: aclang.at:7 AC_C_CHAR_UNSIGNED 142: acfunctions.at:19 AC_FUNC_MKTIME ## ---------- ## ## Platform. ## ## ---------- ## hostname = kahoolawe.worldspecialt.net uname -m = i586 uname -r = 2.2.14-5.0 uname -s = Linux uname -v = #1 Tue Mar 7 20:53:41 EST 2000 /usr/bin/uname -p = unknown /bin/uname -X = unknown /bin/arch = i586 /usr/bin/arch -k = unknown /usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown hostinfo = unknown /bin/machine = unknown /usr/bin/oslevel = unknown /bin/universe = unknown PATH = /usr/local/downloads/autoconf-2.52/tests:/usr/local/downloads/autoconf-2.52:/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin ================================ Test suite for GNU Autoconf 2.52 ================================ 26. ./torture.at:90: testing AC_CONFIG_FILES, HEADERS, LINKS and COMMANDS... ./torture.at:124: autoconf --autoconf-dir .. -l $at_srcdir ./torture.at:154: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir ./configure what_to_test=file stdout: configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating file ./torture.at:154: ls header var-header file var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null ./torture.at:154: grep OK file ./torture.at:154: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir ./configure what_to_test=var-file --no-create stdout: configure: creating ./config.status ./torture.at:154: ./config.status var-file </dev/null stdout: config.status: creating var-file ./torture.at:154: ls header var-header file var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null ./torture.at:154: grep OK var-file ./torture.at:157: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir ./configure what_to_test=header stdout: configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating header ./torture.at:157: ls header var-header file var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null ./torture.at:157: grep OK header ./torture.at:157: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir ./configure what_to_test=var-header --no-create stdout: configure: creating ./config.status ./torture.at:157: ./config.status var-header </dev/null stdout: config.status: creating var-header ./torture.at:157: ls header var-header file var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null ./torture.at:157: grep OK var-header ./torture.at:160: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir ./configure what_to_test=command stdout: configure: creating ./config.status ./torture.at:160: ls header var-header file var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null ./torture.at:160: grep OK command ./torture.at:160: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir ./configure what_to_test=var-command --no-create stdout: configure: creating ./config.status ./torture.at:160: ./config.status var-command </dev/null stdout: ./torture.at:160: ls header var-header file var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null ./torture.at:160: grep OK var-command ./torture.at:163: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir ./configure what_to_test=link stdout: configure: creating ./config.status config.status: linking ./input to link ./torture.at:163: ls header var-header file var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null ./torture.at:163: grep OK link ./torture.at:163: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir ./configure what_to_test=var-link --no-create stdout: configure: creating ./config.status ./torture.at:163: ./config.status var-link </dev/null stdout: config.status: linking ./input to var-link ./torture.at:163: ls header var-header file var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null ./torture.at:163: grep OK var-link 26. ./torture.at:90: ok 96. ./aclang.at:7: testing AC_C_CHAR_UNSIGNED... ./aclang.at:7: autoconf --autoconf-dir .. -l $at_srcdir -W obsolete ./aclang.at:7: autoheader --autoconf-dir .. -l $at_srcdir ./aclang.at:7: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir ./configure stdout: checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for executable suffix... checking for object suffix... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking whether char is unsigned... no configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating config.h ./aclang.at:7: cat state-env.after ./aclang.at:7: cat state-ls.after 96. ./aclang.at:7: ok 142. ./acfunctions.at:19: testing AC_FUNC_MKTIME... ./acfunctions.at:19: autoconf --autoconf-dir .. -l $at_srcdir -W obsolete ./acfunctions.at:19: autoheader --autoconf-dir .. -l $at_srcdir ./acfunctions.at:19: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir ./configure stdout: checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for executable suffix... checking for object suffix... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for sys/time.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for alarm... yes checking for working mktime... yes configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating config.h ./acfunctions.at:19: cat state-env.after ./acfunctions.at:19: cat state-ls.after 142. ./acfunctions.at:19: ok =========================== All 3 tests were successful ===========================