Re: automake flunks autoconf was: Re:(no subject)

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Howard,

* address@hidden wrote on Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 06:23:12PM CEST:
> configure:2315: eval autoconf --version
> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.62
> Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
[...]
> configure:2365: checking whether autoconf is recent enough
> configure:2372: cd conftest && eval autoconf -o /dev/null conftest.ac
> conftest.ac:1: error: Autoconf version 2.58 or higher is required
> conftest.ac:1: the top level
> autom4te: /usr/local/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
> configure:2375: $? = 1
> configure:2384: result: no
> configure:2387: error: Autoconf 2.58 or better is required.

Can you show the version of /usr/local/bin/m4, and can you show the
output of "autoconf --verbose", with a configure.ac file consisting
  AC_PREREQ([2.58])

please?

Thanks,
Ralf