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RE: FW: Need help to compile coreutils-5.96
- From: ericblake at comcast dot net (Eric Blake)
- To: Olivier Langlois <olanglois at quazal dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:37:34 +0000
- Subject: RE: FW: Need help to compile coreutils-5.96
>
> I have tried to rerun configure prep after installing automake but it
> did not do anything. The missing step was to execute autoreconf. I have
> no clue what this command does but that is what was needed.
autoreconf runs both automake and autoconf, as needed.
>
> Since you are maintaining the package, I suggest adding a small comment
> in the INSTALL file about this issue. It would probably help others that
> might have the same problem that I had.
I already did - quoting /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/coreutils-5.96.README:
Additional build conditions (these or newer):
autoconf2.5-2.59-2
automake1.9-1.9.6-1
binutils-20050610-1
bzip2-1.0.3-1
coreutils-5.94-1
gcc-3.4.4-1
gettext-devel-0.14.5-1
gnupg-1.4.2.1-1
patch-2.5.8-8
perl-5.8.7-5
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Eric Blake
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