> Simon Marlow wrote:
> > What version of autoconf is this, just out of interest?
>
> autoconf --version
> > Autoconf version 2.13
> Oh no, don't tell me I've got to install a private copy of
> yet another bit of
> software to compile GHC . . .
It builds fine for me here with autoconf 2.13 on Solaris. Perhaps you have
some old configure files lying around in ghc/rts/gmp/*. Try blowing away
your gmp subtree and starting again.
It may not work with old versions of autoconf (pre-2.12 ???) anymore, but I
don't have any around to try.
Cheers,
Simon