On 06/20/2011 12:47 PM, David Doria wrote: > There is no configure or makefile in the repository I cloned (git > clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/autoconf). I tried to run my current > version of 'autoconf' on the directory, but it says it is too low of a > version (this is the reason why I am trying to build it in the first > place!) How do I build it? The bootstrap requirement only exists for autoconf.git; it does not exist for released tarballs. So you break the cycle by installing a new-enough release tarball. wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.68.tar.xz # or .gz, if you don't have xz installed unpack that, and install it Yes, bootstrapping an ancient machine can be painful, but do you really plan on developing on that ancient machine? If not, then you can stop here; otherwise, you should now have a new-enough installed autoconf to be able to bootstrap autoconf.git. -- Eric Blake eblake@xxxxxxxxxx +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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