On Dec 2 11:15, Jan Nijtmans via Cygwin-apps wrote: > Op do 2 dec. 2021 om 10:22 schreef Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin-apps:
Nope, I didn't. Make that: On Dec 2 08:23, ASSI wrote: > > > Most distros still package 2.69 or even earlier and that includes some > > > substantial rolling release distros. As long as these guys don't use > > > the newer version it seems unlikely that we would actually need it, plus > > > I don't see us spending time and effort debugging things that aren't > > > even Cygwin specific. > > My 2c : Cygwin should - at least - allow people to install autoconf-2.71 > and - as long as the packages are prepared for it - things shouldn't break. > > If I install autoconf-2.71 locally, and then compile Tcl 8.6.12, which > contained in tcl.cygport: > src_compile() { > cd ${S}/unix > cygautoreconf > ... > > $ cygport tcl.cygport compile > >>> Compiling tcl-8.6.12-1.x86_64 > *** ERROR: autoconf2.5 is required to build this package > > > My solution was, simply to remove the "cygautoreconf" line from the > cygport file, then it works again. > > Somewhere in cygport, a check is done for the autoconf version, please > change this check to allow autoconf 2.71 (as well as 2.59 and 2.69). > Then I can put back the "cygautoreconf" line in tcl.cygport. > > Thanks! > Jan Nijtmans