Re: Problems with M4

[Stepan Kasal]

Hi,

On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 04:19:56PM +0200, Nir Idisis wrote:
>  checking for m4... /usr/bin/m4
>  checking whether m4 supports frozen files... no
>  configure: error: GNU M4 1.4 is required
> 
> before I tried to install bison I installed the latest M4 (the
> installetion was completed successfully), so that I know I do have M4
> installed on my machine.

the error message says you have an m4, but not the GNU version of it,
which is required for bison and autoconf.

Perhaps you have a BSD version of m4.

Please get and install GNU m4.  The tarball is at
        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.2.tar.gz
        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.2.tar.gz

I guess that the BSD ports system might have a support for GNU m4, try to
search for it.

Have a nice day,
        Stepan Kasal