Re: (setup.ini) autoconf requires Perl?

[Nicholas Wourms <nwourms@yahoo.com>]

--- Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
> On 13 Sep 2002, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
> 
> > Nicholas Wourms <nwourms@yahoo.com> writes:
> >
> > > Not in autoconf 2.5x...  This version is totally dependant on
> perl
> > > for all generation activities.  So setup is absolutely correct
> in
> > > requiring perl.  AFAIK, there isn't a way to unbundle the perl
> > > functionality either.  So my suggestion is to get over your
> dislike
> > > of Cygwin perl and install it.  Many people have Cygwin perl
> and
> > > ActiveState co-existing happily...
> > >
> > > Quote straight from the autoconf README:
> > > "Producing configuration scripts using Autoconf requires GNU M4
> and
> > > Perl".
> >
> > (CC'ing webmasters@www.gnu.org)
> >
> > OK, I stand corrected.  We will live with the multiple versions
> of
> > Perl, despite the confusion this can cause.
> >
> > But somebody should fix the Autoconf home page
> > <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/autoconf.html>, which still
> > says:
> >
> >     Some optional utilities that come with Autoconf use Perl.
> However,
> >     none of those are required in order to use the main Autoconf
> >     program. If perl is not present, the affected Autoconf
> utilities
> >     will not be installed.
> >
> >  - Pat
> >
> > P.S. How about renaming Cygwin Perl to "perl" instead of
> "perl.exe"?
> 
> If you are worried about name clashes, you're better off moving the
> ActivePerl directory to the front of your path (in /etc/profile,
> for
> example).

That won't work, because then autoconf/automake will stop working
properly, as they expect a perl which interprets POSIX naming and
path conventions.

Cheers,
Nicholas

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