Angus, Andre,
Here is a tentative patch to fix configuration with autoconf 2.5x.
Since I cannot reproduce the problem here, I am just trying to
guess...
Feedback appreciated.
JMarc
Index: configure.in
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RCS file: /usr/local/lyx/cvsroot/lyx-devel/Attic/configure.in,v
retrieving revision 1.120.2.13
diff -u -p -r1.120.2.13 configure.in
--- configure.in 20 Aug 2002 14:19:04 -0000 1.120.2.13
+++ configure.in 29 Oct 2002 15:35:42 -0000
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}'
### we will also need a C compiler to compile GNU gettext
AC_PROG_CC
+# and on some systems with autoconf 2.5x, the gettext test for off_t
+# will fail because it does not look into sys/types.h. We try here to help
+# it to do so
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/types.h)
### check for special systems
AC_ISC_POSIX
