Ticket #5874 (closed bug: fixed)
Document autoconf dependency in README
| Reported by: | JamesFisher | Owned by: | simonmar |
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| 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 |
| Test Case: | Blocked By: | ||
| Blocking: | Related Tickets: |
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.
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