Re: [Bug-tar] compile problems with tar-1.13.93

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

 Paul> address@hidden (Fabian Müller) writes:
 >> I am still not able to compile tar-1.13.93. I saw several error
 >> massages the last week while I was trying to compile tar. This is
 >> the last one:
 >> 
 >> martin:~/src/tar-1.13.93$ make
 >> cd . && /bin/sh /home/martin/src/tar-1.13.93/config/missing --run 
 >> aclocal-1.8 -I m4
 >> autom4te: unknown language: Autoconf-without-aclocal-m4
 >> aclocal-1.8: autom4te failed with exit status: 1
 >> make: *** [aclocal.m4] Error 1
 >> martin:~/src/tar-1.13.93$ 

 Paul> The "autom4te: unknown language: Autoconf-without-aclocal-m4" message
 Paul> indicates some sort of installation problem with Autoconf.  (Or
 Paul> perhaps your autom4te.cache is messed up?  Try removing it.)

`aclocal-1.8' is running `autom4te --language Autoconf-without-aclocal-m4'.
`autom4te' understands Autoconf-without-aclocal-m4 only since Autoconf 2.58.
So that would be the symptom of an older version of Autoconf being in PATH.

 Paul> This reminds me of an Autoconf patch by Alexandre Duret-Lutz that
 Paul> Akim Demaille didn't like; see
 Paul> <http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2003-11/msg00180.html>.
 Paul> I'm not sure what the status of the "I hate caches" school is, so
 Paul> I'll CC: this to bug-automake and bug-autoconf.

I'll answer this on autoconf-patches momently.
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz