Re: automake/394: automake 1.7.6 fails to find autoconf 2.57

[adl at sources dot redhat dot com]

Synopsis: automake 1.7.6 fails to find autoconf 2.57

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: adl
State-Changed-When: Mon Jul 14 23:26:39 2003
State-Changed-Why:
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    > >> "Bud" == Bud Maddock <budmaddock@yahoo.com> writes:
    
    [...]
    
     Bud> PATH: /sbin
     Bud> PATH: /usr/sbin
     Bud> PATH: /bin
     Bud> PATH: /usr/bin
     Bud> PATH: /usr/X11R6/bin
     Bud> PATH: /usr/local/bin
     Bud> PATH: /usr/local/sbin
    
    Note: /usr/bin comes before /usr/local/bin in your $PATH.
    
     Bud> configure:1724: cd conftest && eval autoconf -o
     Bud> /dev/null conftest.ac
     Bud> Usage: autoconf [-h] [--help] [-m dir]
     Bud> [--macrodir=dir]
     Bud> [-l dir] [--localdir=dir] [--version]
     Bud> [template-file]
     Bud> configure:1727: $? = 1
     Bud> configure:1731: error: Autoconf 2.54 or better is
     Bud> required.
     Bud> Is it installed?  Is it in your PATH?  (try running
     Bud> `autoconf --version')
     Bud> Is it working?  See also config.log for error
     Bud> messages before this one.
    
    The Autoconf version found by Automake is clearly Autoconf 2.13
    (or earlier).  You probably have this installed in /usr/bin.  If
    you installed Autoconf 2.57 in /usr/local/bin, then put
    /usr/local/bin in front of your $PATH.
    
    [...]
    
    -- 
    Alexandre Duret-Lutz

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