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Yeah, it's ancient... :-/ * Greg Schafer wrote on Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 11:51:35PM CEST: > On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 06:04:30PM +0200, Stepan Kasal wrote: > > > I think I have found the bug now. > > ... > > > The fix is obvious: `autom4te' should always create the output file, > > if --force was given. Patch attached. > > I committed it to the Autoconf CVS. > > > > Greg, if you are willing to test the fix, then please build and > > install CVS Autoconf or apply the patch to autoconf-2.60 and build > > and install it. Then apply Ralf's patch to acloca20.test (--force). > > Then the test should pass. > > Indeed it does! No failures at all now :-) I have applied the patch from <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-automake/2006-10/msg00026.html>. Cheers, Ralf