Back on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:30:15 +0300, you wrote: Ilya> Your change of 2006-10-30 of `configure' committed on 2006/11/16 Ilya> 11:22:26 +0 makes executing `config.status --r' always fail, at least if Ilya> some arguments were passed to `configure' that created it. After that Ilya> change `configure' contains the following command text. Ilya> exec $SHELL "$0"$ac_configure_args \$ac_configure_extra_args Ilya> --no-create --no-recursion Ilya> It is put in `config.status' created by it and executed when `--r' Ilya> passed to `config.status'. This attempts to execute nonexistent Ilya> `configure$1' file (with `$1' from `configure' arguments) and fails. Ilya> Reproducing the broken `configure' contents with re- running autoconf Ilya> 2.60. Dear Ilya, Sorry for taking so long to reply to this message but I haven't been able to devote much time to XEmacs recently. The problem you report is unfortunately a bug introduced into autoconf 2.60 and is located in the boilerplate code produced by autoconf, which makes it difficult for us to fix. I have submitted a patch to the autoconf developers, but in the meantime the only workaround is to ensure that configure is generated by autoconf 2.59. I'll add a reminder of this in the PROBLEMS file. Thanks for the bug report. Malcolm -- Malcolm Purvis <malcolmp(a)xemacs.org&gt; _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta

Stephen> Arrrgh! I don't think I have even one of those [autoconf 2.59] any Stephen> more. Neither do I! It is possible to patch configure itself, but describing the location is rather complex, which is why I recommend using the earlier version. Stephen> I would really love to get out of autotool hell. I think that we're stuck with it for the medium term, since none of the alternatives that I've seen are significantly better. BTW, there are changes necessary for the next version of autoconf. See my latest submission to -patches for details. Malcolm -- Malcolm Purvis <malcolmp(a)xemacs.org&gt; _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta

Stephen> Damn, and I was just about to propose that you be made "Keeper of the Stephen> Officious configure". ;-) I don't mind taking on such a role if you'd like, but fortunately in this case you'll be pleased to know that further discussions with the autoconf developers has revealed a straightforward workaround to the original problem. With the changes that I'm about to commit we should work fine with autoconf 2.59->2.61 and whatever the next release is. Malcolm -- Malcolm Purvis <malcolmp(a)xemacs.org&gt; _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta