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Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.71] testsuite: 10 11 12 14 37 92 236 238 239 240 293
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Zack Weinberg |
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Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.71] testsuite: 10 11 12 14 37 92 236 238 239 240 293 299 397 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 509 514 failed |
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Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:07:39 -0400 |
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On Mon, Apr 25, 2022, at 9:10 AM, Bob Harris wrote:
> Trying to install on MacOS 10.14.6, without invoking admin privs (i.e.
> logged in as a regular non-admin user). Used ./configure’s —prefix
> option to direct the install to a directory that’s in my PATH.
>
> Had successfully installed autoconf 2.69 in 2016 on a similar mac (but
> probably an earlier MacOS) using the same install steps I tried for
> 2.71.
I *think* this is the same problem as https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?110492
: current Autoconf doesn't work correctly with the (rather old) version of GNU
M4 that ships with MacOS. Please try installing a current version of GNU M4 in
your PATH and then retry the build and testsuite.
If you have time to install a whole bunch of historical versions of GNU M4 and
pin down exactly what is the oldest version that still works, we would
appreciate it. The main reason the configure check hasn't been updated is that
nobody has had the time to do that.
(If you do those experiments, please don't assume that *unpatched* GNU M4 1.4.6
is known-broken; Apple might have introduced bugs.)
zw