Re: Improvement suggestion for autoreconf.sh/INSTALL.BZR

[Óscar Fuentes]

Glenn Morris <address@hidden> writes:

> Óscar Fuentes wrote:
>
>> myemacsbuild $ autoreconf -i -I m4 ../emacs/
>> Can't exec "libtoolize": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/autoreconf 
>> line 196.
>> Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/bin/autoreconf 
>> line 196.
>>
>> So libtool is required, but no mention to that fact on
>> INSTALL.BZR. Installed it and tried again:
>
> libtool is not required. This was reported before; it still makes no
> sense to me.
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2011-03/msg00879.html
>
> I can only repeat: "Perhaps it is a bug in whatever your version of
> autoreconf is?"

For the record, I'm using autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.68

The other issue about autoreconf not detecting autoconf (even after
libtool is installed) remains.