On 01/05/2018 03:51 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >>>> If you are 'user' (unpack tarball, ./configure, make, make install), you >>>> shouldn't need help2man since you don't start editing files that require >>>> a (developer) rebuild. That's one of the ideas of a tarball. >>> >>> I'd love to, but I don't have the luxury of using the latest Autotools. >> >> A build from the tarball doesn't need the latest autotools. > > I am using the tarball. I try to avoid the bleeding edge stuff because > it causes too many problems. > > This is breaking older Mac builds: > > AM_SILENT_RULES > > AM_SILENT_RULES is useless because Autotools ignores it, even in the > newest versions. It serves no practical purpose. Its even more useless > because it breaks a build: > > configure.ac:26: warning: macro `AM_SILENT_RULES' not found in library > configure.ac:26: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_SILENT_RULES > If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow. > See the Autoconf documentation. > autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1 > Failed to reconfigure IDN > > To build the library I remove it with sed. I'm in the same boat if I > add m4_pattern_allow([AM_SILENT_RULES]).
You say you are using the tarball ? Then you won't need to regen ./configure (as you do above). Just do a ./configure after unpacking the tarball. Regards, Tim
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