On Mon, 30 May 2011, Joel E. Denny wrote:

> >   $ autoconf --version
> >   autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.67

By the way, I'm using 2.68.  If you decide to build a stable autoconf, 
2.68 might be best to try so we can rule out that difference.

> What version of m4 is your autoconf configured to use?  What's the output 
> of the following commands?
> 
>   % autom4te --version
>   % `echo 'm4_divert(0)__program__' | autom4te --language=m4sugar` --version

Of course, you should make sure to invoke the autom4te from the autoconf 
installation you are using.

> >  [CUSTOM TOOLS, installed from development versions of autoconf and m4]
> 
> I've seen at least one bison bug report already due to a development 
> version of autoconf.  It's not the same bug, and perhaps it's been fixed 
> by now, but I would suggest you stick with stable versions of such tools 
> for now.

Oops, that was automake not autoconf, but the advice is probably still 
worthwhile.

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