[SVN-942] [patch] Addition to INSTALL document to make autogen.sh work on Debian

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: all
• Fix Version/s: unscheduled
• Component/s: install

Environment

Linux

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Subversion Importer
• Created: 22/Oct/02 02:18
• Updated: 27/Oct/18 16:40
• Resolved: 05/Oct/05 16:48

Description

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--- INSTALL
+++ .svn/tmp/INSTALL.63292.00001.tmp	2002-10-22 12:15:03.000000000 +1000
@@ -437,6 +437,16 @@
       told where to get them from.  (See the 'Build Requirements' in
       section I.)
 
+      If the command "autoconf" on your machine is not autoconf 2.50
+      or later, then you can specify the correct name with the
+      AUTOCONF variable.  (The AUTOHEADER variable is similar.)  This
+      may be required on Debian GNU/Linux, where "autoconf" is
+      actually a Perl program that attempts to guess which version is
+      required -- because of the interaction between Subversion and
+      APR it may get it wrong.  For example:
+
+          $ AUTOCONF=autoconf2.50 sh ./autogen.sh
+
       After all components are in place, follow the usual procedure:
 
           $ ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode

Original issue reported by mbp