Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi Ed, > > * Ed Hartnett wrote on Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 12:57:26AM CEST: >> >> I am trying to install automake and an OSF1 system. I just installed >> autoconf, but the automake configure hangs looking for it... > *snip* >> checking whether autoconf is installed... yes >> checking whether autoconf works... >> >> And there it sits, until I kill it. > > Try to debug it: Edit `configure', search for the string > whether autoconf works > and add > set -x
checking whether autoconf is installed... yes + echo configure:2262: checking whether autoconf works + 1>& 5 + echo checking whether autoconf works... \c + 1>& 6 checking whether autoconf works... + test = set + mkdir conftest + echo AC_INIT + 1> conftest/conftest.ac + echo configure:2269: cd conftest && eval autoconf -o /dev/null conftest.ac + 1>& 5 + 1>& 5 2>& 5 > before it (and maybe `set +x' some way down) to find out which command > hangs. I'd suspect the > eval $am_AUTOCONF -o /dev/null conftest.ac Yep, that's where it hangs. > > but wouldn't have any idea why it should hang. If this is correct, you > could try to execute this line manually: create conftest.ac consisting > of a line with `AC_INIT', execute autoconf as above with `/bin/sh -x' to > see where it hangs. Post whatever you find. Sorry, not quite following you here... > > Maybe autom4te finds a non-GNU m4? Which autoconf version, by the > way? I did install a recent gnu m4, so it's not that. (Good idea though). Here's the autoconf version: % autoconf --version autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59 Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille. Thanks, Ed -- Ed Hartnett -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
