#32855: automake 1.11.2 fails to compile -----------------------------------------+---------------------------------- Reporter: giordano.marcello@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.0.3 Keywords: | Port: -----------------------------------------+---------------------------------- automake 1.11.2 fails to compile because a recent enough version of autoconf cannot be found : {{{ ---> Verifying checksum(s) for automake ---> Checksumming automake-1.11.2.tar.bz2 ---> Extracting automake ---> Extracting automake-1.11.2.tar.bz2 ---> Configuring automake checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin11.2.0 checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... lib/install-sh -c -d checking for gawk... no checking for mawk... no checking for nawk... no checking for awk... awk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for perl... /opt/local/bin/perl checking whether /opt/local/bin/perl supports ithreads... no checking for tex... tex checking whether autoconf is installed... yes checking whether autoconf works... yes checking whether autoconf is recent enough... no configure: error: Autoconf 2.62 or better is required. shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_automake/automake/work/automake-1.11.2" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --infodir=/opt/local/share/info " returned error 1 Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details) Warning: the following items did not execute (for automake): org.macports.install org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot Log for automake is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_automake/automake/main.log Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1 To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets> }}} the latest autoconf (2.68) is installed though. main.log attached -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/32855> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS