Subj : compilation problems on Slackware current with autoconf
To   : Marco Moock
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Jun 20 2025 23:50:10

  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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