Autoconf error

tylerwylie · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:14 pm Post subject: Autoconf error

Alright, I've searched and whatever I tried didn't work
Here is the error.

camwest · n00b Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 1

Hey,

I had the exact same problem. It seems like two versions of autoconf are installed with emerge, autoconf-2.13 and autoconf-2.59

the autoconf binary in /usr/bin is a symlink pointing to 2.13, i removed the symlink by doing rm /usr/bin/autoconf and remade it

ln -s /usr/bin/autoconf-2.59 /usr/bin/autoconf

libungif-4.1.0.1b now emerges properly.

Hope this helps.

CrazyGhost · Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 2:34 am Post subject: worked for me

Hello

shaveman · n00b Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 6

Minimal gentoo experience, no idea what exactly causes this error, but removing the pointer and redefining it worked great for me too.

xionward · Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 10:48 am Post subject: ..

run this command before emerge

Webintosh · n00b Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 1

Hello
Two solutions, which one is the best to use, anything against one of them ?

hjnenc · Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 3:07 pm Post subject:

Setting the environment variable WANT_AUTOCONF is the preferred solution. The original /usr/bin/autoconf is a wrapper that allows to have different versions of autoconf installed. Some packages may need the older ones.