Ticket #5874 (closed bug: fixed)

Opened 16 months ago

Last modified 16 months ago

Document autoconf dependency in README

Reported by: JamesFisher Owned by: simonmar
Priority: high Milestone: 7.4.2
Component: Build System Version: 7.4.1
Keywords: Cc:
Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown
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Description

The boot script calls autoreconf on line 204. If not present this gives the error message

[...]
Booting .
Can't exec "autoreconf": No such file or directory at boot line 204, <PKGS> line 2.
Running autoreconf failed with exitcode -1 at boot line 204, <PKGS> line 2.

For those following the README to build GHC for the first time this is unfriendly. I had to Google to find that I had to install the autoconf package (on Ubuntu).

The dependency on autoconf should be documented in README.

Change History

Changed 16 months ago by simonmar

  • owner set to simonmar
  • difficulty set to Unknown
  • priority changed from normal to high
  • milestone set to 7.4.2

Changed 16 months ago by marlowsd@…

commit 95d2e12cbee185dd78a66e4cd44d6915519f1fa9

Author: Simon Marlow <marlowsd@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Feb 16 10:37:03 2012 +0000

    point to the wiki for "Setting up your system for building GHC" (#5874)

 README |   11 ++++++-----
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Changed 16 months ago by simonmar

  • status changed from new to merge

In fact there are usually other things you need to install in addition to autoconf, so I've pointed to the wiki page that has the details.

Changed 16 months ago by pcapriotti

  • status changed from merge to closed
  • resolution set to fixed

Merged as 7b0998b3e2f6ba492a8f60c47392cef31ad9b902.

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