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List:       autoconf-bug
Subject:    Re: Autoconf 2.67 fails to build under MinGW
From:       Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen () simple ! dallas ! tx ! us>
Date:       2010-09-20 15:38:37
Message-ID: alpine.GSO.2.01.1009201034170.12887 () freddy ! simplesystems ! org
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2010, Eric Blake wrote:

> On 09/19/2010 12:22 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
>> I thought that it would be useful to have working autotools under MinGW
>> (MSYS shell environment) but autoconf 2.67 fails to build. This is with
>> /usr/local/bin/m4 being GNU m4 1.4.15.
>
>> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/bfriesen/mingw/autoconf-2.67/lib/m4sugar'
>> autom4te_perllibdir='..'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='../lib/autom4te.cfg'
>> ../bin/autom4te -B '..'/lib -B '..'/lib --language M4sh --cache ''
>> --melt ./autoconf.as -o autoconf.in
>> The system cannot find the path specified.
>> autom4te: need GNU m4 1.4 or later: /usr/local/bin/m4
>
> Could this be a problem with trying to find a program with a trailing CR in 
> the name (that is, looking for m4\r instead of m4)?  Also, are you setting 
> the M4 environment variable?

My MinGW environment was apparently old (file timestamps mostly from 
2004 even though updated just six months ago).  Yesterday I updated 
MinGW to the latest and now the problem is gone.

I do not normally set the M4 variable, but I did actually try that to 
see if it helped.

Bob
-- 
Bob Friesenhahn
bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/


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