Re: Can't configure automake 1.9.2

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Karl" == Karl Schmitz <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 Karl> checking whether autoconf is recent enough... no
 Karl> configure: error: Autoconf 2.58 or better is required.

 Karl> I consider this a severe bug. 

It's not.  The automake and aclocal scripts, which you are about
to build, do need a recent version of autoconf in order to run.
It's a prerequisite.

 Karl> In my opinion, the configure script should instead assume
 Karl> that autoconf is missing (like it would have if autoconf
 Karl> hadn't been installed at all!), 

You cannot install automake if autoconf is missing either.

 Karl> because it isn't necessary to run autoconf in order to
 Karl> configure a package, isn't it?

That's right.  But automake need autoconf later when you run it,
so we check that prerequisite at configure-time.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz