Re: Autoconf 2.53 is released

[Bil Kleb]

Akim Demaille wrote:
> 
> The Autoconf team is extremely pleased to announce Autoconf 2.53.  We
> hope it will address your problems, and make your life easier.

FWIW, the following inbred-style of installation on a GNU/Linux i686 box
(RH7.1) works fine for 2.52 and countless other packages, but not for 2.53:

 pwd ->> /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53
 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53 -> no complaints
 make ->> no errors
 make check ->> passes
 make install ->> errors

 [..]
 make[2]: Entering directory `/mnt/local/md/d4/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin'
 /bin/sh ../config/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin
  /usr/bin/install -c autom4te /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autom4te
 /usr/bin/install: `autom4te' and `/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autom4te' 
are the same file
  /usr/bin/install -c autoconf /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoconf
 /usr/bin/install: `autoconf' and `/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoconf' 
are the same file
  /usr/bin/install -c autoheader /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoheader
 /usr/bin/install: `autoheader' and 
`/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoheader' are the same file
  /usr/bin/install -c autoreconf /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoreconf
 /usr/bin/install: `autoreconf' and 
`/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoreconf' are the same file
  /usr/bin/install -c ifnames /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/ifnames
 /usr/bin/install: `ifnames' and `/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/ifnames' 
are the same file
  /usr/bin/install -c autoscan /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoscan
 /usr/bin/install: `autoscan' and `/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoscan' 
are the same file
  /usr/bin/install -c autoupdate /usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoupdate
 /usr/bin/install: `autoupdate' and 
`/usr/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoupdate' are the same file
 make[2]: *** [install-binSCRIPTS] Error 1
 make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/local/md/d4/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin'
 make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
 make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/local/md/d4/local/pkgs/autoconf-2.53/bin'
 make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

and

 cd doc ; make pdf

reports errors about undefined control sequences, e.g.,

 (autoconf.toc
 ! Undefined control sequence.
 l.180 \appendixentry

Regards,
-- 
Bil Kleb
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, Virginia, USA