Hello, Krishnan Rajiyah <kraji...@gmail.com> writes:
> ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Krishnan Rajiyah <kraji...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:40 AM > Subject: installation of automake, autoconf, m4 error > To: <g...@gnu.org>, <bug-m4@gnu.org> > > Hello GNU, > > I have been trying to install automake, autoconf, and m4 on my > NetBSD-4.0.1-x68k system. As I understand from your website, automake > requires autoconf which requires m4 which requires perl. I havent > installed perl yet, because I am getting errors saying that it cant make > built-in (still trying to find a way around this). > > However, the problem I had with m4 make was not with perl, it said that > automake-1.14 was missing from the system. This does not make sense since > that would mean that there would be a cycle in the > dependency tree. > > I am trying to install the latest version of autoconf (2012 release), the > latest version of m4 (2013 release), and the second latest verison of > automake (2013 release). > > Can you please tell me what I am doing wrong? Is your software even > compatible with a NetBSD-4.0.1-x68k system? When building a package from a tarball, Unless something fishy happened in the distribution process, Automake should not be required. Maybe you were trying to build m4 from the git repository? I have successfully built m4-1.4.18 tarball on my system without requiring Automake. Thanks for the bug report. -- Mathieu Lirzin GPG: F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761 070D 0ADE E100 9460 4D37
