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Bug 348579 - autogen.sh erroneously disallows the use of autoconf 2.6.x
autogen.sh erroneously disallows the use of autoconf 2.6.x
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: libglade
Classification: Deprecated
Component: general
CVS HEAD
Other Linux
: High critical
: ---
Assigned To: James Henstridge
James Henstridge
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-07-24 22:02 UTC by Jason Clinton
Modified: 2007-11-22 20:30 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.15/2.16


Description Jason Clinton 2006-07-24 22:02:26 UTC 
autogen.sh incorrectly disallows the use of autoconf 2.6.0

It builds just fine with 2.6.0.

2.6.0 is the only autoconf available in Debian Unstable.
Comment 1 Jose Dapena Paz 2006-09-12 13:22:53 UTC 
The offending lines in autogen.sh are:

if autoconf --version < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
        autoconf_version=`autoconf --version | sed 's/^[^0-9]*\([0-9.][0-9.]*\).*/\1/'`
        case $autoconf_version in
            2.5*)
                have_autoconf=true
                ;;
        esac
fi

That comparison prevents libglade from working with autoconf 2.6+ (the one available in debian unstable is 2.60a). If the comparison is removed, the compilation goes without problems.
Comment 2 Olav Vitters 2006-11-12 20:02:18 UTC 
Confirming.
Comment 3 Eduardo Pérez Ureta 2007-11-21 22:51:27 UTC 
This bug is already fixed:
http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libglade/trunk/autogen.sh?r1=495&r2=527

but maybe the good fix would be to really check for version >= 2.5
Comment 4 Christian Persch 2007-11-22 20:30:29 UTC 
libglade now uses gnome-autogen which doesn't have this bug; closing.