fix update to autoconf 2.64

ben29 · Nov 18, 2009

the error:

Code:

GNU M4 that supports accurate traces... configure: no acceptable m4 could be found in $Path
[U][B]GNU M4 1.4.6 or later is required; 1.4.13 is recommend[/B][/U]
Done. Trying to make autoconf...
cp "/../gnulib/build-aux/announce-gen ./build-aux
cp: canot stat `/../gnulib/build-aux/announce-gen': No such file or directory
make: *** [gnulib-update] Error 1
*** The make has failed, do you want to try to make again (y,n):

that mean. we need gnu-m4 version 1.4.6 or later.
so let's update.

Code:

wget -O m4-1.4.9.tar.gz [URL]http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.9.tar.gz[/URL]
tar -zvxf m4-1.4.9.tar.gz
cd m4-1.4.9
./configure
make
make install

and we rebuld again.

Code:

./build autoconf

i hope that gonna help you.

DirectAdmin Support · Nov 23, 2009

Hello,

I've added:

Code:

./build m4

to custombuild 1.1 and 1.2, if you need to install the latest m4.

I used:
./configure --prefix=/usr/local

so as not to affect the /usr/bin/m4 which is likely part of a package.
The autoconf configure is smart enough to check for /usr/local/bin/m4 and use it if there are 2 copies.

Thanks,

John

fix update to autoconf 2.64

ben29

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