From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sender11-op-o11.zoho.eu (sender11-op-o11.zoho.eu [31.186.226.225]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F38DF3858C50 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:08:54 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org F38DF3858C50 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=hamishmb.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=hamishmb.com ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1664294932; cv=none; d=zohomail.eu; s=zohoarc; b=Zf3Mg/XgabBpQXjRTDDhd2eY/fV5bwYxHfjdUg9ao7c16xtbJUK1s5nmAn9xHXJ8K6GL25o/06Pg46UOVlgxQkkqhG9M7zMmgO5iWfhMFvTgQZD1DP7ujDLNULXk+u4RmM8b8W8xhdl9nGvUhZuZjqlQyEYxkRK70PTj5JQYVZc= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zohomail.eu; s=zohoarc; t=1664294932; h=Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Date:From:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Message-ID:References:Subject:To; bh=TpSlH/J60TyGME2oHRkE8hi6zSW9Dpc+CnzzKCl7tXw=; b=RYnJDo8TMj91NHv+qxleK/i5DDE4ywEmHK/hRROfMOD2dxdPQUsayA1U24cE0EHHMIXmOMtT5VqVlRk3qQj4EAZjddgxJdWx0U2R9cF5VkikQ3HPnJMnCUCfGjiAoGwa/fEQnEpDviNGjucbCxSSrKPoeee7B/E/AcTqcFcqdss= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.zohomail.eu; dkim=pass header.i=hamishmb.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=cygwin@hamishmb.com; dmarc=pass header.from= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1664294932; s=zmail; d=hamishmb.com; i=cygwin@hamishmb.com; h=Message-ID:Date:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:Subject:To:To:References:From:From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:Reply-To:Cc; bh=TpSlH/J60TyGME2oHRkE8hi6zSW9Dpc+CnzzKCl7tXw=; b=TMQwIPuYj0P2A435b1LMMC+YBYW0oMVJg45bdBRTQp40nMxan29dO3bAGX6e4lct Ry5tXNE/70Gaogi8MYHJsgTceQxOrJ1389O9Vn8wh8LhizNMSop/SzhDVxYFa9+V0me 78wrnwf7Sv/7CtNi8+1ZT/I+3I5ceR80NTl+Vhrg= Received: from [192.168.10.213] (host86-149-41-78.range86-149.btcentralplus.com [86.149.41.78]) by mx.zoho.eu with SMTPS id 166429493078469.15574023857482; Tue, 27 Sep 2022 18:08:50 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <8c483696-9cd1-f59c-00af-7278d964dcdf@hamishmb.com> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2022 17:08:49 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.11.0 Subject: Re: cygport: build apps with an older version of autoreconf Content-Language: en-US To: "cygwin-apps@cygwin.com" References: From: Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ZohoMailClient: External X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On 27/09/2022 16:59, Jon Turney wrote: > On 27/09/2022 16:33, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> While trying to get the latest version of wxWidgets 3.0.x to build, I >> found that I need to use an older version of autoreconf, as the >> format seems to have changed in a slightly incompatible way. >> >> The "cygautoreconf" command seems to always use the latest version of >> autoreconf, and refuses to run if the latest version of autoreconf >> isn't installed. >> >> Eventually I realised that I can just skip this step for this >> particular package, but is there a way to use an older version of >> autoreconf with the "cygautoreconf" command? > > I think this is controlled with the WANT_AUTOCONF variable? > > [1] https://cygwin.github.io/cygport/autotools_cygclass.html#robo803 Looks like it. My bad for not checking the manual more carefully. Hamish