RE: autoconf/automake problem: simple testcase [was RE: autoconf/automake: just can't get it to work at all.]

2006-01-12 Thread Dave Korn
Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: From: Dave Korn [snip] I don't get that. I've got the default alternatives set, so IIUIC it should have selected the most recent autoconf, shouldn't it? I imagine this is intended to work with everything in the default installation state, but as you see it

Re: autoconf/automake problem: simple testcase [was RE: autoconf/automake: just can't get it to work at all.]

2006-01-11 Thread Charles Wilson
Thanks for helping David, Brian. Your answers are almost entirely correct. David, here's the current status: (1) autoconf now uses the same wrapper that is shipped by Mandr* Red Hat (and others, I think) instead of my crappy home grown one. So you've got a wrapper package ('autoconf'),

RE: autoconf/automake problem: simple testcase [was RE: autoconf/automake: just can't get it to work at all.]

2006-01-11 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
From: Dave Korn [snip] I don't get that. I've got the default alternatives set, so IIUIC it should have selected the most recent autoconf, shouldn't it? I imagine this is intended to work with everything in the default installation state, but as you see it certainly doesn't WFM!

Re: autoconf/automake problem: simple testcase [was RE: autoconf/automake: just can't get it to work at all.]

2006-01-10 Thread Brian Dessent
Dave Korn wrote: Umm, it definitely *does* have an effect; see the differences it made to the examples I posted in the previous case. Is it possible I have some remnants of the old autoconf stuff lying around? I updated this morning and didn't see any problems, and nor does cygcheck