Re: bug with automake 1.6 and autoconf 2.53

[jeff deifik]

At 09:53 AM 6/7/2002 +0200, you wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 03:11:33PM -0700, Jeff Deifik wrote:
> > At 11:05 PM 6/6/2002 +0200, you wrote:
> > >On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 01:44:42PM -0700, Jeff Deifik wrote:
> > >> autoconf --version
> > >> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.53
> > >
> > >Ok, so you have autoconf 2.53 installed, but apparently it
> > >cannot work because it fails to launch GNU m4:
> > >
> > >> /home/jdeifik/gnu/automake-1.6/lib/missing --run autoconf -o /dev/null
> > >conftest.ac
> > >> autom4te: need GNU m4 1.4 or later: /usr/ets/bin/m4
> > >> configure:1590: $? = 1
> > >> configure:1592: error: Autoconf 2.52 or better is required
> > >
> > >Who is /usr/ets/bin/m4?
> >
> > I don't know,
>
> What does
>   /usr/ets/bin/m4 --version
> prints?

There is no m4 in that directory.
Why is automake looking there, the one at /home/jdeifik/bin/m4
is the first thing in my path.

> > but
> > which m4 says:
> > /home/jdeifik/bin/m4
>
> Autoconf doesn't care about that, it tries to run /usr/ets/bin/m4.
>
> If you want /home/jdeifik/bin/m4 to be run, try to reinstall Autoconf,
> or set the M4 environment variable.

I am reinstalling autoconf right now.

I was able to run configure on automake without incident.
I am compiling & running check now.
Here are the results, with the passing tests omitted:

XFAIL: auxdir2.test
FAIL: cond4.test
FAIL: cond16.test
XFAIL: cond17.test
FAIL: cond19.test
XFAIL: condd.test
XFAIL: subdir5.test
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3 of 350 tests failed
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Just let me know what I can do to help solve the problem.

        jeff