Re: What should go into 1.5.7?

[Charles Cazabon <muttdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lars Hecking <lhecking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Looks like I need a newer autoconf, but I've not been able to build one
> > successfully -- dependency hell, it would seem.
>  
>  Which version of autoconf do you use?

I've tried everything -- 2.13, 2.53, and 2.59 for starters.

>  To my knowledge, there are certain constructs in configure.in that only
>  work with autoconf 2.13, but Thomas has told me it works for him with
>  autoconf 2.59 - the latest indeed.

I'm unable to make it work with that version.

>  autoconf-2.13 does curently not work either. One needs to comment out
> 
> AC_GNU_SOURCE
> 
>  in configure.in, and add
> 
> /* Define to `int' if <types.h> doesn't define.  */
> #undef ssize_t
> 
>  to acconfig.h.

I just tried that with autoconf-2.13; no good.  I started with a fresh tree,
made the above changes, and get:

  $ autoconf-2.13
  configure.in:302: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross
    compiling
  configure.in:325: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross
    compiling
  configure.in:326: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross
    compiling
  $ ./configure --with-homespool=./Maildir/
  creating cache ./config.cache
  ./configure: syntax error near unexpected token `AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)'
  ./configure: ./configure: line 592: `AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)'

Charles
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Charles Cazabon                          <muttdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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