> * Eric Blake <roynxr@xxxxxxxxxx> [2011-07-28 10:57:24 -0600]: > > On 07/28/2011 10:48 AM, Sam Steingold wrote: >> this should not happen: >> >> $ ./configure --help >> configure: error: cannot find sources (lispbibl.d) in . or .. > > While I agree with your sentiment, I can't reproduce it with this > amount of information. how about /full/path/to/some/configure or cp configure /tmp cd /tmp ./configure It does not matter that configure is in the current directory. It could have been copied of linked over from the source tree and intended to be run by a top-level configure with --srcdir argument. However, there is no reason for any program to report an error when given the --help switch, no matter where the program is located. > Can you provide a minimal configure.ac file that reproduces this > problem, or even a pointer to the project whose configure.ac is > causing this failure to see if the bug is in that configure.ac instead > of in autoconf? hg clone http://clisp.hg.sourceforge.net:8000/hgroot/clisp/clisp cd clisp ./configure build-dir cd build-dir ./configure --help -- Sam Steingold (http://sds.podval.org/) on CentOS release 5.6 (Final) X 11.0.60900031 http://www.memritv.org http://mideasttruth.com http://ffii.org http://honestreporting.com http://www.PetitionOnline.com/tap12009/ Life is like a diaper -- short and loaded. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
