On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 11:45:19AM +0100, Georg Baum wrote: > Enrico Forestieri wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 10:13:51AM +0000, Jean-Pierre Chrétien wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> autoconf 2.60 is the current version with Debian/testing, so > >> ./autogen.sh chokes, and it is necessary to revert to 2.59 to build > >> lyx-1.5.0svn > >> > >> Does autogen.sh really fail with autoconf 2.60 ? > > No. "Only" the created makefiles are wrong in certain circumstances. > > > > > No. I use it with seemingly no ill effects. Note that 2.60 is considered > > a part of the ongoing 2.5x development sequence. > > No, it is not. At least they changed the interface, and that makes it start > a new development sequence for me.
Hmm... http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin@cygwin.com/msg73461.html > Somebody needs to check out the changes > and see whether we are affected by them. IIRC autoconf 2.60 installs our > man pages into the wrong directory if a version suffix is used. Building > seems to work fine. >From the autoconf 2.60 announcement: --- begin quote --- The important changes since 2.59 are listed below. Two of these changes require special attention: * Some directory variables have been added, and others adjusted to changes in the GNU Coding Standards. If your package expands '$datadir', '$infodir', or '$mandir' anywhere, you need to check your package, and possibly adjust it accordingly. The nodes 'Changed Directory Variables' and 'Defining Directories' in the manual have more information; be sure to read them. * AC_PROG_CC and AC_PROG_CXX no longer arrange for an 'exit' function declaration. If you use this in your macros, you need to ensure that such a declaration is in place for C99 and C++ checks, or change the tests to 'return' from 'main' instead. --- end quote --- Seems that both $datadir and $mandir usage is to be revised. -- Enrico
