> > I have tried to rerun configure prep after installing automake but it > did not do anything. The missing step was to execute autoreconf. I have > no clue what this command does but that is what was needed.
autoreconf runs both automake and autoconf, as needed. > > Since you are maintaining the package, I suggest adding a small comment > in the INSTALL file about this issue. It would probably help others that > might have the same problem that I had. I already did - quoting /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/coreutils-5.96.README: Additional build conditions (these or newer): autoconf2.5-2.59-2 automake1.9-1.9.6-1 binutils-20050610-1 bzip2-1.0.3-1 coreutils-5.94-1 gcc-3.4.4-1 gettext-devel-0.14.5-1 gnupg-1.4.2.1-1 patch-2.5.8-8 perl-5.8.7-5 -- Eric Blake -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/