BUGS in Autoconf for VMS (and How to Work Around Them)


- 1.100

hmmm, i had to pass --srcdir to configure.com to get it to work:

  $ set default AXPA:[TTN.LOCAL.SRC]
  $ unzip AUTOCONF-1_100.ZIP
  $ set default [.AUTOCONF-1_100]
  $ @configure --srcdir=AXPA:[TTN.LOCAL.SRC.AUTOCONF-1_100] -
    	       --prefix=AXPA:[TTN.LOCAL] -
	       --startupdir=AXPA:[TTN.LOCAL.STARTUP]
  $ mms
  $ mms install

this is fixed in version 1.101.


- 1.101

the startup directory is not created on "mmk install",
so you have to do something like:

  $ create/directory AXPA:[TTN.LOCAL.STARTUP]
  $ mmk install

this is fixed in version 1.102.


- 1.102

"mmk install" fails to update GNU_STARTUP.COM in startupdir.
an undocumented dependency on precise comment format was not
honored during whitespace munging.  the workaround is edit
[.VMS]GNU_STARTUP_MAIN.COM and change the first line to read:

$! GNU_STARTUP_MAIN.COM -- version 2.1.11 --- General startup script

then run (or re-run) "mmk install" normally.

this is fixed in version 1.103.

- 1.103

AC_CONFIG_HEADER cannot handle a file in a subdirectory.
also, `libdir' is computed too late.

these are fixed in version 1.104.

- 1.104

apparently, there is a dependency on Richard Levitte's port
of GNU m4 version 1.2.  that is now provided in subdir "m4".

this is fixed in version 1.105.