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* cygport: build apps with an older version of autoreconf
@ 2022-09-27 15:33 Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
  2022-09-27 15:59 ` Jon Turney
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty @ 2022-09-27 15:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin-apps

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?

Thanks,

Hamish


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* Re: cygport: build apps with an older version of autoreconf
  2022-09-27 15:33 cygport: build apps with an older version of autoreconf Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
@ 2022-09-27 15:59 ` Jon Turney
  2022-09-27 16:08   ` Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jon Turney @ 2022-09-27 15:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty, cygwin-apps

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


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* Re: cygport: build apps with an older version of autoreconf
  2022-09-27 15:59 ` Jon Turney
@ 2022-09-27 16:08   ` Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty @ 2022-09-27 16:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cygwin-apps

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



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