RE: Automake version 1.4 in CygWin vs. current Automake 1.9.2 ...

["Herb Martin" <HerbM at learnquick dot com>]

> -----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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