After a successful build, make check yields:
=
628 of 650 tests failed
(79 tests were not run)
See tests/test-suite.log
Please report to bug-autom...@gnu.org
=
make[3]: *** [test-suite.log] Error 1
make[2]: *** [check-TESTS] E
Perfect. Thanks for the help and fast response! I have two good solutions to
work from.
Kindly,
Graham
On May 23, 2011, at 8:48 PM, Daniel Herring wrote:
> On Mon, 23 May 2011, Daniel Herring wrote:
>
>> FYI, when I install a new version of the autotools, I do something like
>>
>> # PATH=/
On Mon, 23 May 2011, Daniel Herring wrote:
FYI, when I install a new version of the autotools, I do something like
# PATH=/new/path/bin:$PATH
# cd m4; ./configure --prefix=/new/path; make; make install
# cd ../autoconf; ./configure --prefix=/new/path; make; make install
# cd ../automake; ./conf
FYI, when I install a new version of the autotools, I do something like
# PATH=/new/path/bin:$PATH
# cd m4; ./configure --prefix=/new/path; make; make install
# cd ../autoconf; ./configure --prefix=/new/path; make; make install
# cd ../automake; ./configure --prefix=/new/path; make; make install
Awesome. Thanks Stefano.
>> Host platform: OS X 10.6.7
>>
> Just out of curiousity: how old is this release, and which autoconf version
> are they shipping with it?
10.6.7 is the latest version of OS X.
It ships with (Copyright signature removed from the output):
grahamreitz$ automake --ve
On Monday 23 May 2011, Graham Reitz wrote:
> Is their a configure switch to indicate that an alternative autoconf
> should be used, rather than defaulting to the autoconf located in
> /usr/local/bin?
>
Yes: override the AUTOCONF and AUTOM4TE variables (yes, you need
to override both); e.g.:
./con
Is their a configure switch to indicate that an alternative autoconf should be
used, rather than defaulting to the autoconf located in /usr/local/bin?
With other gnu build deps there is often a --with-*dep=$path_to_dep. Is there
an equivalent when building automake from source?
Host platform:
