* Ed Hartnett wrote on Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 03:00:26PM CEST: > Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Please keep the automake list copied -- thanks! > > eval sh -x `which autoconf` -o /dev/null conftest.ac > > > > would have been better. > > This seems to indicate that autom4te hangs. Output attached. *snip* > + eval set $AUTOM4TE --language=autoconf --output=$outfile $infile > + set /home/ed/local/dana/bin/autom4te --language=autoconf --output=/dev/null > conftest.ac > + : autoconf: running /home/ed/local/dana/bin/autom4te --language=autoconf > --output=/dev/null conftest.ac > + exec /home/ed/local/dana/bin/autom4te --language=autoconf > --output=/dev/null conftest.ac > > If it hangs: autom4te is a perl script; you can try adding `--verbose' > > or running it in the perl debugger, if you know your ways around > > perl.. > > On this machine perl is 5.8.0, which seems reasonably recent. But some > tools on this machine are very out-of-date, so that may be the > ultimate source of the problem. Well, try perl -d /home/ed/local/dana/bin/autom4te --language=autoconf --output=/dev/null conftest.ac and interrupt it to see where it hangs. `man perldebug' knows how to use the debugger. Cheers, Ralf
