Re: automake 1.5 on Mac OS x

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Gerben" == Gerben Wierda <address@hidden> writes:

 Gerben> When trying to configure automake 1.5 I get:
[...]
 Gerben> creating Makefile
 Gerben> sed: 34: conftest.s1: unescaped newline inside substitute pattern
[...]

>>> "Elifarley" == Elifarley  <address@hidden> writes:

 Elifarley> I tried to compile automake 1.5 under MacOS X 10.1,
 Elifarley> but the following errors appear:
[...]
 Elifarley> creating lib/Makefile
 Elifarley> sed: 34: conftest.s1: unescaped newline inside substitute pattern
[...]
 Elifarley> Have I done anything wrong ?

Unfortunately, no :)
This bug was fixed a few weeks ago in the CVS version of Automake.

As a temporary workaround you may try the following patch.

--- automake-1.5/configure      Thu Aug 23 07:49:52 2001
+++ automake-1.5/configure      Tue Oct 23 15:53:55 2001
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
 
 
 # expand $ac_aux_dir to an absolute path
-am_aux_dir=`CDPATH=:; cd $ac_aux_dir && pwd`
+am_aux_dir=`CDPATH=${ZSH_VERSION+.}:; cd $ac_aux_dir && pwd`
 
 # Find a good install program.  We prefer a C program (faster),
 # so one script is as good as another.  But avoid the broken or
--- automake-1.5/m4/auxdir.m4   Wed Aug  1 18:19:57 2001
+++ automake-1.5/m4/auxdir.m4   Tue Oct 23 15:54:33 2001
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@
 
 AC_DEFUN([AM_AUX_DIR_EXPAND], [
 # expand $ac_aux_dir to an absolute path
-am_aux_dir=`CDPATH=:; cd $ac_aux_dir && pwd`
+am_aux_dir=`CDPATH=${ZSH_VERSION+.}:; cd $ac_aux_dir && pwd`
 ])
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz