Alain Guibert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Alpha3+ptimer.c patch builds OK, and the binary works. Much thanks
> Hrvoje!
[...]
> Alpha3 builds OK with --disable-ipv6, and the binary seems to work.

Thanks for testing this.

>  On Friday, April 29, 2005 at 2:15:55 PM +0200, Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
>
>> The problem was that the check for sockaddr_in6 set ipv6 to "yes" if
>> successful, overriding other tests that set it to no. This patch
>> should fix the problem.
>
> I can't confirm, stuck in auto-requirement I don't know how to solve
> whithout breaking other things.

Solution #1:

Run autoconf on a system with Autoconf 2.57 and simply copy the
`configure' over to the old system.  (This is basically what you get
by downloading the tarball.)

Solution #2:

Build and install autoconf with --prefix=$HOME/whatever, stick
$HOME/whatever/bin at the front of your PATH and run the new Autoconf
at your leisure without breaking anything system-wide.  When you no
longer need the new Autoconf, simply rm -rf $HOME/whatever.

If Autoconf happens to require something else that you don't have,
such as a newer m4 or Perl or whatever (which I don't know for a
fact), grab those and build them with --prefix=$HOME/whatever as well.
Repeat the procedure until done.  This is how I bootstrap development
on non-Linux systems where I don't have root access all the time.

Both solutions should work equally well, with #2 being obviously
preferred for anything more than one-shot testing.  Take your pick.

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