From: Sascha Schumann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> You might want to use autoconf-2.13 for now; autoconf-2.50
> incorporates some drastic changes and might need some
> improvements before becoming as portable as 2.13 is right
> now.
Downgrading to autoconf-2.13 resolved this particular issue. Thanks Sascha.
Would the appended patch to README be prudent?
-Charles
--- backup/README Wed May 23 16:48:18 2001
+++ README Wed May 23 16:49:02 2001
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
Apache 2.0 uses autoconf for configuration and installation. To create
Apache's autoconf script, you will need libtool 1.3.3 or higher, and
- autoconf 2.13 or newer. Those tools will not be required if you are just
- using a package downloaded from apache.org, they are only required for
- developers.
+ autoconf 2.13 (2.50 has known problems). Those tools will not be
+ required if you are just using a package downloaded from apache.org,
+ they are only required for developers.
To configure Apache 2.0 run the following commands.