Thanks - updating to 2.68 solved the problem. On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Nick Bowler <nbowler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On 2011-06-07 14:30 -0600, Jim Edwards wrote: > > -n checking for autoconf >= 2.54 ... > > yes (version 2.61) > [...] > > configure:23907: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_ECHO > > If this token and others are legitimate, please use > m4_pattern_allow. > > See the Autoconf documentation. > > configure:23907: error: possibly undefined macro: _AC_LANG_ABBREV > > > > I see that both these macros exist in my /usr/share/autoconf tree - why > > isn't it finding them? > > Looking at the git history, AS_ECHO was introduced after autoconf > version 2.61, and was first available in autoconf 2.62 (there's a 2.61a > tag, but I don't see a corresponding tarball on ftp.gnu.org). > > Autoconf 2.61 is almost 5 years old; you may wish to try a newer > version. Also, you may want to advise the maintainers of this package > to increase the minimum autoconf version from 2.54, since apparently > they require at least 2.62. > > The second error is very likely just fallout from the first, and it will > go away with an autoconf version that supports AS_ECHO. > > Hope that helps, > -- > Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/) > _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
