Subj : compilation problems on Slackware current with autoconf
To : Marco Moock
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Jun 20 2025 11:50 pm
Re: compilation problems on Slackware current with autoconf
By: Marco Moock to alt.bbs.synchronet on Fri Jun 20 2025 08:42 pm
> From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
>
> Hello!
>
> I am trying to compile synchronet on Slackware current.
>
> make -f install-sbbs.mk SYMLINK=1 TAG=sbbs320d 2>&1 |tee
> synchronet-build.log It fails here:
>
> /bin/sh: line 1: autoconf-2.13: command not found
> make[2]: [GNUmakefile:99: ../build/../../src/../3rdp/gcc.linux.x64.release/m
> ozjs/lib/libmozjs185-1.0.a] Error 127 (ignored)
> /bin/sh: line 1: autoconf2.13: command not found
> make[2]: [GNUmakefile:100: ../build/../../src/../3rdp/gcc.linux.x64.release/
> mozjs/lib/libmozjs185-1.0.a] Error 127 (ignored)
>
> Does it really need this version of autoconf?
> I have 2.72.
No, and usually you can just ignore those error messages. More likely, a later error message in the build process is the real issue.
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digital man (rob)
