[Buildroot] [Bug 679] Autoconf cannot find M4

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Sat Oct 24 14:00:16 UTC 2009


https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=679


Joshua Zarr <joshuazarr at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Joshua Zarr <joshuazarr at gmail.com>  2009-10-24 14:00:15 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > There is a m4 installed in my platform (Ubuntu) with the version, while there
> > is one installed in the system:
> > 
> > checking for GNU M4 that supports accurate traces... configure: error: no
> > acceptable m4 could be found in $PATH.
> > GNU M4 1.4.6 or later is required; 1.4.13 is recommended
> > 
> > # m4 --version
> > m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.11
> > Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
> > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> > 
> 
> Is this related to
> http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2009-October/029957.html or
> http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2009-October/029964.html?
> 
> In other words, is this autoconf for the target or for the host? In any case,
> you'll need to provide more info - What is your .config, and what make target
> is failing?
> 

I encountered the same bug, as also described here
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2009-October/029964.html

I modified /buildroot/package/autoconf and reverted to 2.63 (from 2.64) and the
problem was resolved.

-Joshua Zarr 


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