ohh yes this look like the same issue indeed.... yes I do have an old version... I am trying to get the IT team to do it since this is how it works here at NOAA... but I may be able to try installing in a local directory... Thanks again! Eve-Marie Ralf Wildenhues said the following on 1/14/2011 2:29 PM: > * Eve-Marie Devaliere wrote on Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 08:07:47PM CET: >> well it is looking for b.out.... >> --- >> configure:1840: $? = 0 >> configure:1854: checking for Fortran compiler default output file name >> configure:1857: ifort -c -O2 -convert big_endian -free -assume >> byterecl conftest.f >&5 >> configure:1860: $? = 0 >> configure:1908: result: b.out >> configure:1913: checking whether the Fortran compiler works >> configure:1919: ./b.out >> ./configure: line 1920: ./b.out: No such file or directory > Ahh. You have a very old Autoconf version installed. Please install a > newer version (and if you need to do it in a local directory, go ahead > and install a newer Automake right along in the same prefix). > > Then rerun autoreconf -v inside your project (after adjusting PATH so it > points to the new autotools). > > I bet this is > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2006-08/msg00008.html > fixed by commit 75f337207698f515f252005ff67d7d8fd1728f4d. > > Cheers, > Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf