-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Jonathan Wong on 3/31/2006 11:23 AM: > I am attempting to install GNU m4 because I need it for Autoconf which I > need for Flex which I need for Art and Bison for which I need it for > cflowd (utterly ridiculous), Anyways when I try to do a ./configure it > reports that it cant find itself. When I do a sh ./configure it goes > through the files, but then when I try to do a make, it says can not > find autoconf!!! That?s the whole reason why I am installing this.
The autoconf manual includes this FAQ: "If Autoconf requires gnu M4 and gnu M4 has an Autoconf configure script, how do I bootstrap? It seems like a chicken and egg problem! This is a misunderstanding. Although gnu M4 does come with a configure script produced by Autoconf, Autoconf is not required in order to run the script and install gnu M4. Autoconf is only required if you want to change the M4 configure script, which few people have to do (mainly its maintainer)." In order to bootstrap a brand new system, you should either look for pre-compiled binaries, or use actual numbered package releases of GNU m4 and Autoconf (the latest are m4 1.4.4 and autoconf 2.59), rather than trying to build from CVS. Build and install m4 first, it has no dependency on autoconf. Then build and install autoconf, which depends on an installed m4. At that point, with stable versions of both programs installed, if you desire, you may then proceed to upgrade to CVS versions of each program, since the CVS versions have bootstrapping requirements on installed stable versions. > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed Sorry, but this is a publicly-archived mailing list. Legal dribble like this is unenforceable here, so it is good netiquette that you use an email account that will not append such garbage to the end of your email when posting to a public list (there are a number of free web-based email services). - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEMRhH84KuGfSFAYARAtL7AKCrOqsHOMznBdrtx3oz+TxCCl0VGACcCiKi WCgP0d5G1ub9apmqDG1XwiI= =VJY9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-m4 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-m4
