On April 15, 2007 5:56 AM Gaby wrote: > ... > Build of Autoconf-2.6[01] fails for me with: > > "The system cannot find the specified file" > > I've spent some time understanding this; I made some progress, > but not to the point of getting pass that failure. my > frustration with windows is only growing. >
I think it best to avoid the trap that most linux developers fall into when working with Windows. As far as I am concerned it is just another operating system ... > Bill Page wrote: > > I built autoconf-2.61 and m4-1.4.9 directly from the gnu > > distribution sources. Provided you have upgraded m4 first, > > autoconf passes all tests. > > > > I'm using m4-1.4.9 and ActivePerl-5.8.9 build 820. I have: $ m4 --version m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.9 $ perl --version This is perl, v5.6.1 built for msys $ gcc --version gcc.exe (GCC) 3.4.2 (mingw-special) $ make --version GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. Built for i686-pc-msys ---------- My first guess is that your problem might have something to do with be the version of Perl that you are using. I have never used ActivePerl for buidling MSYS/MinGW apps. I prefer to install as much from the MSYS/MinGW distribution as possible. See for example the instructions here: http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/BuildAxiom under the heading "Building Axiom on Windows". Then I built m4 and autoconf from the GNU sources without any problems. > > > Apparently you can also install autoconf-2.61 and m4-1.4.7 > > binaries from: > > > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=148008 > > > > yes, i donwloaded the autoconf package from there last night; > I've not tried that version yet. Let me know how it turns out. > ... > > Is there any particular reason you want to continue using > > the older version autoconf-2.60? > > > > my three main linux boxes are running that version, > I recommend that we go to autoconf-2.61 for all Axiom builds. Regards, Bill Page. _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
