The problem reported with perl also shows up in m4. Cygwin has the latest (1.4.8) works fine under 1.5.24-2 The program I am compiling is subversion 1.4.4 devel. I will try a snapshot to see if that makes a difference. The cygwin1.dll is compiled from 1.7.0 sources.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/subversion/1.4.x $ ./autogen.sh buildcheck: checking installation... buildcheck: autoconf version 2.61 (ok) buildcheck: autoheader version 2.61 (ok) buildcheck: libtool version 1.5.23a (ok) Copying libtool helper: /usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4 Creating build-outputs.mk... Creating svn_private_config.h.in... panic: MUTEX_UNLOCK (1) [util.c:2279] at /usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/General.pm line 302. panic: MUTEX_UNLOCK (1) [util.c:2279] at /usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils. pm line 290. autoheader-2.61: '/usr/bin/autom4te-2.61' failed with exit status: 1 Creating configure... panic: MUTEX_UNLOCK (1) [util.c:2279] at /usr/bin/autom4te-2.61 line 92. autom4te-2.61: need GNU m4 1.4 or later: /usr/bin/m4 You can run ./configure now. Running autogen.sh implies you are a maintainer. You may prefer to run configure in one of the following ways: ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode ./configure --disable-shared ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode --disable-shared Note: If you wish to run a Subversion HTTP server, you will need Apache 2.0. See the INSTALL file for details. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/subversion/1.4.x $ Bobby McNulty -- 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/