M4 Dependency suggestion for better builds on non T2 Hosts.

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M4 Dependency suggestion for better builds on non T2 Hosts.

by Jan Rovins :: Rate this Message:

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Hi All,

When building the "generic" project on a non T2 host, that has an older
version of m4, the stage 0 automake & autoconf builds will  fail because
the local version of m4 it too old.

I got around this the "quick & stupid" way by putting a newer version of
m4 on my machine, in /usr/local/bin. but this will probably break the
existing automake & autocinf  installed on the host. (I'll find this out
the next time I try to use them ) :-)

Since automake & autoconf are already being specially prepared for the
stage 0 build on some targets, why not pull in the proper version of m4
too, and set it up as a dependency to build before automake & autoconf.
that way there will be a better insulated environment for building on
non T2 hosts.


Jan



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