Re: testsuite.log for autoconf 2.63 on OS X 10.3.9 Server

[Eric Blake]

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According to Frisch, Lillian Lena on 10/6/2008 8:16 AM:
> 
> Eric;
> 
> Thanks for the in-depth look at my testsuite logfile.  Is it still safe
> to run autoconf as is, or should I wait for a note back from MacOS
> bugs?  It seems like that might take a while.  I did update aclocal and
> automake successfully afterwards.

It seems like autoconf is working just fine except for the duplicated
directory listings, you are probably fine installing it while you wait for
an answer from the MacOS people.

> 
> Thanks for your help.  I'm updating all of this because GD, a perl
> module, wants newer, tastier versions of autoconf and automake than the
> ones that came with the OS.  Without GD, the Ensembl server is a no-go. 
> It has been a very interesting and instructive rabbit hole through which
> I have meandered ;).  Many things in computing are like that.

Are you actually developing Ensembl?  If so, then yes, development often
comes with a lot of prerequisites.  If not, consider using Ensembl
tarballs that don't require you to rerun autoconf/automake, or else report
a bug to the Ensembl developers (after all, the point of the autotools is
to allow packages to create tarballs that do NOT need the autotools).

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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