On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 10:59 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > Hi, > > Building autoconf-2.62 fails on RHEL4 > ... > checking for expr... > /usr/bin/expr > checking for GNU M4 that supports accurate traces... > configure: error: no acceptable m4 could be found in $PATH. > GNU M4 1.4.5 or later is required; 1.4.11 is recommended > > The error message is wrong and misleading: > # gawk --version > GNU Awk 3.1.3 > .... > > nor does config.log contain any further hints on why configuring > autoconf fails. Urgh, my bad, I should have looked closer :(
RHEL 4 still ships an antiquated m4-1.4.1 (Time for me to abandon supporting RHEL-4, I suppose ;) Ralf
