On Feb 22, 2011, at 6:13 AM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 02/22/2011 03:49 AM, Mike Stump wrote: >> I'm trying to run autoconf on darwin, and it requires autoconf-2.64. > > Have you tried with autoconf 2.68?
No... [ pause ] I ripped out the require lines and tried with 2.68, same issue. > If you want to regenerate that file, then you need to > use the exact version of autoconf that the project documents, otherwise > you risk all sorts of spurious diffs. I am. >> Net result, I can't regenerate configure files anymore. :-( I don't know >> which files to tease out of gcc to make a nice bug report, > > Oh, you could have mentioned that you were trying to run autoconf on gcc > to begin with! Indeed, regenerating configure files for gcc requires > some specific steps; but those steps are better documented by asking on > the gcc lists rather than here. And they said, report the bug to you guys! > Are you sure you're using the exact version of autoconf required by gcc, Yes. > and not a pre-built autoconf for darwin No, I am not. > that might have vendor patches No, downloaded from ftp.gnu.org.
