--- Jachym Holecek <freza@liberouter.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> >  I downloaded netbsd 2.0 src tree on an i386
> system
> > running netbsd 2.0 (from the iso image). I did a
> > #./build.sh distribution
> > #./build.sh install=/
> > 
> > That presumably installed a perfect distribution
> of
> > netbsd 2.0. When I ran autoconf in
> src/gnu/dist/gcc, [...]
> 
> Just out of curiosity -- why?
> 

I am adding a new target (blackfin) into gcc, which
requires modifying configure.in and running autoconf
to generate configure.

> > Can someone help me with getting autoconf+m4
> > functional on netbsd i386? It should be pretty
> > straightfwd if it is part of the distribution.
> 
> What about ${pkgsrc}/devel/autoconf{213,}? I don't
> think autoconf is
> in the base system.
> 
autoconf is in gnu.tar.gz. Why wouldn't you want it to
be part of the system? Or rather, how do others
generate configure scripts on netbsd?

thanks
-kamal


> 	Regards,
> 		-- Jachym Holecek
> 


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