[mpich-devel] ./autogen.sh refuses to believe 2.69>2.67

[David Goodell (dgoodell)]

This situation is usually a symptom of some underlying autoconf/autotools configuration problem (like a busted m4 install or 32-/64-bit compat issue).  For some reason the sanity check before looking for a specific version is either very weak or missing (I can't remember off the top of my head).

Also, make sure that 2.69 is a known version to the script (though I think it is).

-Dave

On Jun 12, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Jeff Hammond <jhammond at alcf.anl.gov> wrote:

> Any suggestions?
> 
> Jeff
> 
> [jhammond at login1 git]$ ./autogen.sh
> 
> ####################################
> ## Replicating confdb (and similar)
> ####################################
> 
> syncing 'src/mpl' --> 'src/pm/hydra/mpl'
> syncing 'confdb' --> 'src/mpi/romio/confdb'
> syncing 'confdb' --> 'src/mpl/confdb'
> syncing 'confdb' --> 'src/pm/hydra/confdb'
> syncing 'confdb' --> 'src/pm/hydra/mpl/confdb'
> syncing 'confdb' --> 'test/mpi/confdb'
> syncing 'confdb' --> 'src/armci/m4'
> 
> ####################################
> ## Checking user environment
> ####################################
> 
> Verifying the location of autogen.sh... done
> Checking if autotools are in the same location... yes, all in
> /home/jhammond/TOOLS
> Checking for autoconf version... bad autoconf installation
> You either do not have autoconf in your path or it is too old (version
> 2.67 or higher required). You may be able to use
> 
>     autoconf --version
> 
> Unfortunately, there is no standard format for the version output and
> it changes between autotools versions.  In addition, some versions of
> autoconf choose among many versions and provide incorrect output).
> 
> [jhammond at login1 git]$ autoconf --version
> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69
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