On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Adi Stav wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 02:10:19PM +0200, Omer Zak wrote: > > > I am now working on a software package from SourceForge. > > In order to compile the most recent CVS version, I need first to run > > autoconf on it. > > > > Unfortunately, the current version requires autoconf 2.13, and I have > > version 2.12 (my stable Linux system is relatively old, and based upon > > RedHat 5.1; and I don't like the idea of destabilizing it by careless > > upgrades). > > > > [...] People are hardly ever distributing RH6.x > RPMs nowdays, though, and for 5.x that's nearly unheared of. > [...] My suggestion is to upgrade - 5.1 is way too old and stabilizing won't take more that couple of days. Recompiling autoconf from source may save you this time but you will encounter same problem with almost every new application you'll try to install. Regards, Boris ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
