Re: Problems compiling 1.9.6

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,
  thank you for your bug report.

The transcript you posted can be simplified this way:

0) cd 
/net/packages/gnu-gcc/2006-January/source/sparc-sun-solaris2.6-automake-1.9.6
1) sed 's,address@hidden@],1.9.6,g;...' m4/amversion.in >m4/amversion.m4
2) perllibdir=... ./aclocal --acdir=m4
3) perllibdir=... ./automake --libdir=lib --gnu

The sed command above should replace "@VERSION@" by 1.9.6.  Does it work?
m4/amversion.m4 shouldn't contain "@VERSION@".

If yes, why does aclocal or automake complain?  Is it possible that it is using
another copy of "amversion.m4"?

Hope these hints help you to find the cause of the problem.

Have a nice day,
        Stepan Kasal