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List:       autoconf-bug
Subject:    Re: Error when trying to compile quanta+
From:       Akim Demaille <akim () epita ! fr>
Date:       2001-08-10 6:33:04
Message-ID: mv47kwcbf1b.fsf () nostromo ! lrde ! epita ! fr
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>>>>> "Anders" == Anders Linden <conny.mute@home.se> writes:

Anders> When compiling Quanta+ 2.0 (http://quanta.sourceforge.net) you
Anders> have to run "make -f Makefile.cvs" before running
Anders> configure. But, if you have a newer version of autoconf, it
Anders> fails.  Using autoconf 2.12 or 2.13 is ok. But 2.50 or 2.52
Anders> wont do it.  Isn't that kind of weird?

Yes and no.  Properly written configure.in were equally well with
both, but 2.13 has been here for so long that people tend to consider
it sets the definition of `properly written' including when they
actually had their file work by chance.

So, no, it is not surprising to see it fail.


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