id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,os,architecture,failure,difficulty,testcase,blockedby,blocking,related
5874,Document autoconf dependency in README,JamesFisher,simonmar,"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}}}.",bug,closed,high,7.4.2,Build System,7.4.1,fixed,,,Unknown/Multiple,Unknown/Multiple,None/Unknown,Unknown,,,,