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Re: problems installing Subversion and Autoconf on freeBSD

From: Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2007b_at_ryandesign.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:18:41 -0600

On Jan 30, 2008, at 14:13, Mark Wright wrote:

> So I'm trying to install the freeBSD subversion port and I get an
> error when
> it tries to install autoconf. If I cd into /ports/devel/autoconf261
> and try
> to install directly from there I get the same thing. Here's where the
> problems seem to begin:
>
> Making all in doc
> gmake[1]: Entering directory
> `/var/build/ports/devel/autoconf261/work/autoconf-2.61/doc'
> restore=: && backupdir=".am$$" && \
> am__cwd=`pwd` && cd . && \
> rm -rf $backupdir && mkdir $backupdir && \
> if (/bin/sh
> /var/build/ports/devel/autoconf261/work/autoconf-2.61/build-aux/
> missing
> --run makeinfo --version) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
> for f in autoconf-2.61.info autoconf-2.61.info-[0-9]
> autoconf-2.61.info-[0-9][0-9] autoconf-2.61.i[0-9]
> autoconf-2.61.i[0-9][0-9]; do \
> if test -f $f; then mv $f $backupdir; restore=mv;
> else :; fi; \
> done; \
> else :; fi && \
> cd "$am__cwd"; \
> if /bin/sh
> /var/build/ports/devel/autoconf261/work/autoconf-2.61/build-aux/
> missing
> --run makeinfo --no-split -I . \
> -o autoconf-2.61.info autoconf-2.61.texi; \
> then \
> rc=0; \
> cd .; \
> else \
> rc=$?; \
> cd . && \
> $restore $backupdir/* `echo "./autoconf-2.61.info" | sed
> 's|[^/]*$||'`; \
> fi; \
> rm -rf $backupdir; exit $rc
> autoconf-2.61.texi:704: Unknown command
> `/archive/@/html/@/autoconf-patches/)'.
> autoconf-2.61.texi:852: Unknown command `/software/@/autoconf/)'.
> autoconf-2.61.texi:853: Unknown command `/software/@/automake/)'.
> autoconf-2.61.texi:854: Unknown command `/software/@/gnulib/)'.
> autoconf-2.61.texi:855: Unknown command `/software/@/libtool/)'.
> autoconf-2.61.texi:869: Unknown command `/autobook/)'.
> autoconf-2.61.texi:7227: Unknown command
> `/version2/@/whatsnew/@/lfs20mar.html)'.
> autoconf-2.61.texi:8134: Unknown command `/docs/)'.
> autoconf-2.61.texi:8143: Unknown command `/7thEdMan/)'.
> autoconf-2.61.texi:10913: Unknown command
> `/susv3/@/utilities/@/xcu_chap02.html)'.
> autoconf-2.61.texi:10915: Unknown command `/faqs/@/unix-faq/@/
> shell/)'.
> autoconf-2.61.texi:10939: Unknown command
> `/faqs/@/unix-faq/@/shell/@/shell-differences/)'.
> makeinfo: Removing output file `autoconf-2.61.info' due to errors; use
> --force to preserve.
> gmake[1]: *** [autoconf-2.61.info] Error 1
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory
> `/var/build/ports/devel/autoconf261/work/autoconf-2.61/doc'
> gmake: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> *** Error code 2
>
> Stop in /ports/devel/autoconf261.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /ports/devel/automake19.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /ports/devel/apr.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /ports/devel/subversion.
> *** Error code 1
>
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Doesn't sound like there's a Subversion question here. You should ask
the maintainers of the FreeBSD subversion port why it depends on
autoconf (the subversion port in MacPorts, for example, does not),
and/or you should ask the developers of autoconf why it's having
trouble installing.

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