On 08/19/2013 06:02 PM, dmitrypek@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to build autoconf 2.69, needed for another package. > Configure works OK. In the make stage I get an error: > > autom4te_perllibdir='..'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='../lib/autom4te.cfg' > ../bin/autom4te -B '..'/lib -B '..'/lib --language M4sh --cache '' > --melt ./autoconf.as -o autoconf.in > autom4te: need GNU m4 1.4 or later: > /global/homes/d/dmitryp/m4-1.4.16/install/bin > > I have actually built M4 version 1.4.16 and defined environment variable M4 > as the location. Surprised that autom4te cannot find it, or cannot > seem to know that it is version 1.4. > Typing autom4te --version gives the following: > autom4te: need GNU m4 1.4 or later: > /global/homes/d/dmitryp/m4-1.4.16/install/bin I'm guessing you installed your just-built m4 as /global/homes/d/dmitryp/m4-1.4.16/install/bin/m4? Are you exporting $M4 in your current environment, or just when you ran configure? What does 'm4 --version' and '$M4 --version' say? It looks like it is just a case of you not completely setting up your environment, but I'm not quite sure with the information you've presented here where you are going wrong. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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