Re: which version of GNU m4 does pkgsrc assume? (was: devel/autoconf fails to build on MacOS X)

[Ignatios Souvatzis <is%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 05:58:44PM +0100, Georg Schwarz wrote:
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> Am 20.01.2009 um 00:08 schrieb Greg Troxel:
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>> I wonder if this is really a macos 10.4.1 bug.
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>> You said autoconf and then automake.  I built them both on 10.5.6/i386
>> with no trouble.  It has gnu m4 1.4.6
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> sorry, I meant autoconf only. MacOS 10.4.11 has GNU m4 1.4.2

for the record: MacOS 10.3.9 has GNU m4 1.4

> http://directory.fsf.org/project/autoconf/ says that in order to install 
> autoconf (as of Apr. 10, 2008) GNU m4 1.4.5 or later would be required.

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