Re: Instructions to compile and install autoconf

[Eric Blake]

On 08/21/2015 06:14 PM, Vishnu Vardhan Makkapati wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I downloaded autoconf using git. But I do not find a configure script that I 
> generally use to configure and build applications. The INSTALL file is also 
> missing. Can you send me detailed set of instructions to compile and install 
> autoconf?
> http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/autoconf.html 
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/autoconf.html>
> 

You have hit a common misconception.  You only NEED to use autoconf.git
if you plan on contributing patches to autoconf.  Most people don't fall
into this category.  Use a pre-built autoconf from your distro, or use
an existing autoconf.tar official release instead.

But if you really DO want to develop autoconf, then you have to
bootstrap your system by first installing autoconf from a tarball, and
using that to run 'autoreconf -vf' on your git checkout, in order to get
the required configure file located within your checkout.

For more details, see this mail that I sent a couple months ago:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/m4-discuss/2015-06/msg00001.html

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