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RE: Automake version 1.4 in CygWin vs. current Automake 1.9.2 ...
- From: "Herb Martin" <HerbM at learnquick dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:19:54 -0500
- Subject: RE: Automake version 1.4 in CygWin vs. current Automake 1.9.2 ...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Brian Dessent
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 12:54 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Automake version 1.4 in CygWin vs. current
> Automake 1.9.2 ...
>
> Herb Martin wrote:
>
> > > Your automake is too old. These are the recommended
> minimum version
> > requirements:
> >
> > > # autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
> > > # ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.5.6
> > > # automake (GNU automake) 1.9.2
> >
> > Automake in CygWin seems to be quite old compared to the current
> > version -- is there a significant impediment to upgrade?
> >
> > Automake 1.9.2 completed make but "make check"
> > failed:
>
> The current packaged version of automake in Cygwin is 1.9.6,
> which is contained in the "automake1.9" package. You should
> install that if you need a more recent version. The packages
> named "automake", "automake-devel", and "automake-stable" are
> all empty obsolete packages from before the changeover. You
> should remove them if you have them installed, since they
> serve no purpose any more.
>
> Brian
Thanks -- my version was installed from "setup" and is
(theorectically) up to date but shows:
$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p6
I have never installed another version manually; until
today I had never even tried.
(Investigating setup...)
In setup there were 5 versions listed as installed, the
1.4 and 1.6.x, 1.7.x, 1.8.x, 1.9.6-2
I told it to uninstall all but the latter and to re-install
that one.
It gave me a warning about 1.4 being required by the stable
version -- re-running version gives the same results:
$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p6
Since automake was a like to 1.4, I removed the link and
re-added it to point to 1.9.6.
This portion of my problem is solved but I thought
the explanation might help others.
Thanks for the help.
--
Herb
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