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authorStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2010-08-11 23:52:53 +0200
committerStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2010-08-11 23:52:53 +0200
commit16fef95d4a990935f8257cb89df0d36846d1179b (patch)
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Merge branch 'maint'
Conflicts: tests/acloca18.test tests/condinc2.test
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tree, so the resulting files (aclocal.m4 and Makefile.in) should
be the same as you would get if you install this version of
automake and use it to generate those files. Be sure to have the
- latest stable version of Autoconf installed.
+ latest stable version of Autoconf installed. If such version is
+ not installed as "autoconf", pass it explicitly (along with the
+ accompanying "autom4te") when calling `bootstrap' and `configure'.
+ For example:
+ $ AUTOCONF=autoconf2.65 AUTOM4TE=autom4te2.65 ./bootstrap
+ $ ./configure AUTOCONF=autoconf2.65 AUTOM4TE=autom4te2.65
* Dependent files aclocal.m4, configure and Makefile.in in all
directories should be up to date in the git repository, so that