autom4te-2.13 missing in autoconf2.1-2.13-1

[Reini Urban]

Charles Wilson schrieb:
> Reini Urban wrote:
>>> autoconf2.1-2.13-1
>>
>> This package misses /usr/bin/autom4te-2.13
>> resp. the wrapper has no extra logic for the missing autom4te.
>>
>> I solved it by
>>   cp /usr/bin/autom4te-2.5x /usr/bin/autom4te-2.13
>> Strangely this was the first time I needed such an old cruft, for catdoc.
> 
> autoconf-2.13 does not have and never has had an autom4te.  Thus, 
> there's nothing to wrap -- and copying the 2.5x version is certainly 
> wrong -- because now aclocal will invoke autoconf-2.5x operations on a 
> 2.13-specific project.
> 
> So PLEASE remove this guaranteed-to-break-stuff suggestion from your 
> catdoc README:
> 
> test -e /usr/bin/autom4te-2.13 || ln -s /usr/bin/autom4te-2.5x
> /usr/bin/autom4te-2.13
> 
> The real reason you got an error is described in this thread:
> 
> "Ping autoconf maintainer (was Re: auto tools issues)"
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-07/msg00352.html
> 
> I encourage you to read the whole thing.  (A possible workaround for 
> your problem in building catdoc is to have your cygport script create a 
> symlink within your build directory: aclocal -> /usr/bin/aclocal-${VER}, 
> and then put the builddir in front of the PATH.  This has the advantage 
> of not permanently modifying the the regular cygwin environment just for 
> catdoc-building)

Thanks for the hint.
I forced the correct aclocal-1.4 now and fixed the README.

Later I'll try to persuade cygport to recognize the correct aclocal 
version in cygautoreconf.

-- 
Reini

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