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Platform specific notes:
------------------------
+================
Darwin (OS X):
Apache 2.0 relies heavily on the use of autoconf and libtool to provide
a build environment. Darwin provides these tools, but they are
@@ -35,3 +36,10 @@
errors. Use of bash does not seem to help in this situation. If
this affects you, downgrading to autoconf 2.13 (which is installed
on Darwin) will help.
+
+==========
+ FreeBSD:
+ autoconf 2.52 creates scripts that are incompatible with the Posix
+ shell implementation (/bin/sh) on FreeBSD. Be sure to use v2.13
+ of autoconf.
+