Akim Demaille wrote: > > The Autoconf team is extremely pleased to announce Autoconf 2.53. We > hope it will address your problems, and make your life easier.
FWIW, the following inbred-style of installation on a GNU/Linux i686 box (RH7.1) works fine for 2.52 and countless other packages, but not for 2.53: pwd ->> /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53 -> no complaints make ->> no errors make check ->> passes make install ->> errors [..] make[2]: Entering directory `/mnt/local/md/d4/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin' /bin/sh ../config/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin /usr/bin/install -c autom4te /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autom4te /usr/bin/install: `autom4te' and `/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autom4te' are the same file /usr/bin/install -c autoconf /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoconf /usr/bin/install: `autoconf' and `/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoconf' are the same file /usr/bin/install -c autoheader /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoheader /usr/bin/install: `autoheader' and `/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoheader' are the same file /usr/bin/install -c autoreconf /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoreconf /usr/bin/install: `autoreconf' and `/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoreconf' are the same file /usr/bin/install -c ifnames /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/ifnames /usr/bin/install: `ifnames' and `/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/ifnames' are the same file /usr/bin/install -c autoscan /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoscan /usr/bin/install: `autoscan' and `/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoscan' are the same file /usr/bin/install -c autoupdate /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoupdate /usr/bin/install: `autoupdate' and `/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoupdate' are the same file make[2]: *** [install-binSCRIPTS] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/local/md/d4/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin' make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/local/md/d4/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 and cd doc ; make pdf reports errors about undefined control sequences, e.g., (autoconf.toc ! Undefined control sequence. l.180 \appendixentry Regards, -- Bil Kleb NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia, USA
