2.54c can't build and install

[Bernhard Reiter]

I'm trying to build/install a recent autoconf version (2.54c)
on a machine with an older GNU/Linux installation.


Make fails with a reference to automake.
(Of course automake also does not want to build.)

I've checked requirements in README:
        GNU M4 (version 1.4 or later) and Perl (5.005_03
I do fullfil them and tried to follow INSTALL.

m4 --version
GNU m4 1.4

perl --version
This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for ppc-linux

Looks like a packaging or documentation bug to me.
Had the same problems with 2.54.


make
cd . && /bin/sh /mnt/extra/haufen/autoconf/autoconf-2.54c/config/missing --run 
aclocal-1.7a -I config
/mnt/extra/haufen/autoconf/autoconf-2.54c/config/missing: aclocal-1.7a: command 
not found
WARNING: `aclocal-1.7a' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
         you modified `acinclude.m4' or `configure.ac'.  You might want
         to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages.  Grab them from
         any GNU archive site.
cd . && \
  /bin/sh /mnt/extra/haufen/autoconf/autoconf-2.54c/config/missing --run 
automake-1.7a --gnu  Makefile
/mnt/extra/haufen/autoconf/autoconf-2.54c/config/missing: automake-1.7a: 
command not found
WARNING: `automake-1.7a' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
         you modified `Makefile.am', `acinclude.m4' or `configure.ac'.
         You might want to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages.
         Grab them from any GNU archive site.
cd . && /bin/sh /mnt/extra/haufen/autoconf/autoconf-2.54c/config/missing --run 
autoconf
autoconf: configure.in: No such file or directory
make: *** [configure] Error 1



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