[PATCH] Re: HEADS UP (was Re: [commit: ghc] master: Tidy up cross-compiling (109a1e5))

[Sergei Trofimovich]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:00:23 +0100
Gabor Greif <ggreif at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hio all!
> 
> Just a piece of feedback,
> 
> this patch is giving me (when 'perl boot') an error:
> 
> Booting libraries/integer-gmp/
> configure.ac:70: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_COMPUTE_INT
>       If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
>       See the Autoconf documentation.
> autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
> 
> I have
> 
> $ autoconf --version
> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
> Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
> 
> Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

How easy for you would be to update autoconf-2.61?
It's rather old (from Nov 2006). I guess it should
be present in repositories.

Would AC_PREREQ be enough to report minimal
requirement to a ghc's dev tree?

Patch attached.

-- 

  Sergei
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