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David Reiss commented on THRIFT-844:
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> Well, AC_ERLANG_PATH_ERL and AC_ERLANG_PATH_ERLC could be done with
> AC_PATH_PROG, right?
Yes, but I think the wrappers add a few conveniences.
> AC_ERLANG_SUBST_INSTALL_LIB_SUBDIR seems to just trying to figure out the
> correct place to install, framewerk does this by calling out to erlang and
> asking it where it should install things.
The autoconf docs used to (incorrectly) say that this macro did that too, but
it doesn't. I guess the install location might be different from the location
of the version you use to build.
> Anyway, I'm sure these sort of tricks won't convince you to get things
> working with 2.59, but figured I'd put them out there as alternatives.
Kind of. If you just want to build a release, this won't affect you. If you
want to build trunk, you can just download an instant release. If you actually
want to develop Thrift, it shouldn't be too hard to just install autoconf in
your homedir.
> Build Requirements state autoconf 2.59+ is required, but 2.60+ is needed
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>
> Key: THRIFT-844
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-844
> Project: Thrift
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 0.4, 0.5
> Environment: CentOS release 5.5 (Final)
> Reporter: Harlan Lieberman-Berg
> Attachments: bootstrap.txt
>
>
> Though the [Build
> Requirements|http://wiki.apache.org/thrift/ThriftRequirements] state that
> autoconf 2.59+ is required (even though 2.60+ is listed as recommended), and
> the configure.ac has a AC_PREREQ of 2.59, macros which require 2.60+ are
> being used in the configure.ac. This makes building SVN Thrift impossible on
> autoconf 2.59, the latest stable in CentOS 5.5.
> AC_PREREQ and the wiki should be updated to reflect the actual build
> requirements, or the macros which require the later version should be removed.
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