make error on mandrake 9

[Michael Klein]

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>w>In an older episode (Friday 20 December 2002 00:02), wolfgang wrote:
>w>> i ran urpmi autoconf2.5 successfully, then i got:
>w>>
>w>> cd . && /bin/sh /usr/src/xfce-stable/missing --run autoconf
>w>> aclocal.m4:73: error: Autoconf version 2.54 or higher is required
>w>> aclocal.m4:73: the top level
>w>> make: *** [configure] Error 1
>w>>
>w>> then i downloaded a fresh xfce-stable via cvs and now it works ;)
>w>
>w>i only thought it works, cause the make process ran for a while, but then:
>w>aclocal.m4:73: error: Autoconf version 2.54 or higher is required
>w>aclocal.m4:73: the top level
>w>autoheader-2.5x: autom4te failed with exit status: 1
>w> at /usr/bin/autoheader-2.5x line 163
>w>make: *** [config.h.in] Error 1
>w>
>w>any suggestions?
>
I also use Mandrake 9 and compiling xfce 3.8.18 from source
works. Related stuff installed:
autoconf-2.13
autoconf2.5-2.53
automake-1.4
m4-1.4ppre2
make 3.80

Compiler is gcc 3.2
HTH
             Michael