Thread: Freebsd & autoconf-2.63
Hi there, I downloaded the latest postgresql code via cvs on a FreeBSD 7.2 system. When I try to run autoconf on the source it tellsme that I need autoconf-2.63. However the freeBSD ports only has autoconf-6.62. Does anyone have any suggestion on how to resolve this? I posted a question on the freebsd ports forum but have not had anysolutions. Thanks Ashish
abindra@u.washington.edu wrote: > I downloaded the latest postgresql code via cvs on a FreeBSD 7.2 system. > When I try to run autoconf on the source it tells me that I need > autoconf-2.63. However the freeBSD ports only has autoconf-6.62. > > Does anyone have any suggestion on how to resolve this? I posted a > question on the freebsd ports forum but have not had any solutions. Go to http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/, and download and install a newer version of autoconf. You shouldn't actually need to run autoconf even when building from a CVS checkout, because we keep the generated "configure" file in CVS as well. Unless you have edited configure.in, you can just do "./configure; make install" -- Heikki Linnakangas EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
abindra@u.washington.edu writes:
> I downloaded the latest postgresql code via cvs on a FreeBSD 7.2 system. When I try to run autoconf on the source it
tellsme that I need autoconf-2.63. However the freeBSD ports only has autoconf-6.62.
> Does anyone have any suggestion on how to resolve this? I posted a question on the freebsd ports forum but have not
hadany solutions.
Well, you could grab our nightly tarball instead of pulling from CVS.
Or you could remove the version-check line from configure.in. The
latter is actually very likely to work, we just don't promise anything
(if it breaks, debugging is your problem not ours).
regards, tom lane
Thanks Tom. Heikki's suggestion resolved the issue. On Fri, 6 Nov 2009, Tom Lane wrote: > abindra@u.washington.edu writes: >> I downloaded the latest postgresql code via cvs on a FreeBSD 7.2 system. When I try to run autoconf on the source it tellsme that I need autoconf-2.63. However the freeBSD ports only has autoconf-6.62. > >> Does anyone have any suggestion on how to resolve this? I posted a question on the freebsd ports forum but have not hadany solutions. > > Well, you could grab our nightly tarball instead of pulling from CVS. > Or you could remove the version-check line from configure.in. The > latter is actually very likely to work, we just don't promise anything > (if it breaks, debugging is your problem not ours). > > regards, tom lane >
Thank you Heikki! I am new to unix, and when "make" said I need to configure I just "Assumed" i need to run autoconf. Running configure directlyworked. Thank you for your help. On Fri, 6 Nov 2009, Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > abindra@u.washington.edu wrote: >> I downloaded the latest postgresql code via cvs on a FreeBSD 7.2 system. >> When I try to run autoconf on the source it tells me that I need >> autoconf-2.63. However the freeBSD ports only has autoconf-6.62. >> >> Does anyone have any suggestion on how to resolve this? I posted a >> question on the freebsd ports forum but have not had any solutions. > > Go to http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/, and download and install a > newer version of autoconf. > > You shouldn't actually need to run autoconf even when building from a > CVS checkout, because we keep the generated "configure" file in CVS as > well. Unless you have edited configure.in, you can just do "./configure; > make install" > > -- > Heikki Linnakangas > EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com >