Hello, when I unpack autoconf-2.62.tar.lzma and do cd autoconf-2.62 mkdir build cd build ../configure && make dist
I get into an infinite loop: INFO: running autoreconf for new version string: UNKNOWN autoreconf: Entering directory `.' autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool autoreconf: running: /usr/local/bin/autoconf autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Autoheader autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --no-force Makefile.am: installing `./INSTALL' autoreconf: Leaving directory `.' /bin/sh ./config.status --recheck running CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/sh /bin/sh ../configure --no-create --no-recursion [configure output] INFO: running autoreconf for new version string: UNKNOWN ... [loop] In connection with this, I'd like to ask why is GNUmakefile distributed? I always thought the special targets provided there are of any use only for developers. For the purpose of building and installing utoconf, Gnu make should be treated as any other make implementation. Have a nice day, Stepan
