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From: Lauren Jackson <jack1120 <at> umn.edu>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: configure bug
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:26:26 +0100

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Hello,

I am attempting to install automake in a local directory on a university
supercomputing system. I have used ./configure --prefix=/home/path to
install the dependent programs m4 and autoconf (v. 2.69 and 2.66 in
different attempts). However, when trying to configure automake using the
same prefix it reports that it detects autoconf but that the version is not
2.65 or higher. Is there a way to force the configuration to find the
autoconf versions that I have installed locally? Thank you!

Best,
Lauren





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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Lauren Jackson <jack1120 <at> umn.edu>, 25290 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25290: configure bug
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 11:26:00 -0600

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On 12/29/2016 05:26 AM, Lauren Jackson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am attempting to install automake in a local directory on a university
> supercomputing system. I have used ./configure --prefix=/home/path to
> install the dependent programs m4 and autoconf (v. 2.69 and 2.66 in
> different attempts). However, when trying to configure automake using the
> same prefix it reports that it detects autoconf but that the version is not
> 2.65 or higher. Is there a way to force the configuration to find the
> autoconf versions that I have installed locally? Thank you!

Pasting the EXACT error message may be helpful.  But perhaps this will work:

./configure AUTOCONF=/dir/of/bin/autoconf

where you are pointing to your just-installed newer version.  Or you can
try:

PATH=/dir/of/bin/autoconf:$PATH
./configure

to ensure that the first 'autoconf' on the PATH lookup is the new one.

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