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Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?
>>> "Eric" == Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:
Eric> Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
>> This suggests that shell running this code does not split
>> $list and $subdir get the full list. Zsh would do that.
>> Could you compare the output of grep 'SHELL =' Makefile
>> on the working and non-working tarballs?
>> CVS Autoconf has a new SHELL selection code. That could explain it.
Eric> The early shell selection changes in CVS made by Paolo would prefer
Eric> zsh over other shells if present (and if zsh seemed to offer what
Eric> Autoconf wanted). However, present day CVS Autoconf (following the
Eric> lengthy discussion and series of patches by Paolo, Paul, and myself)
Eric> has been changed so that it will no longer choose zsh. If you
Eric> generated the Automake configure script at the time when CVS Autoconf
Eric> prefered zsh, then that could explain things.
Bob, I've built Automake 1.8.3b with the latest CVS Autoconf.
Could you check whether that fixes your problem?
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.bz2
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz