What autoconf version do I need?

Asked by Herman J. Radtke III

Trying to hack on gearmand, but I get the following error on Cent OS 6. My autoconf version is 2.63.

Log:
hradtke@dev01 ~/projects/gearmand/trunk !! ./config/autorun.sh
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 --install
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy
libtoolize: `config/ltmain.sh' is newer: use `--force' to overwrite
libtoolize: `m4/libtool.m4' is newer: use `--force' to overwrite
libtoolize: `m4/ltoptions.m4' is newer: use `--force' to overwrite
libtoolize: `m4/ltversion.m4' is newer: use `--force' to overwrite
libtoolize: `m4/lt~obsolete.m4' is newer: use `--force' to overwrite
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --warnings=all
configure:28075: error: possibly undefined macro: m4_ifnblank
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

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Herman J. Radtke III (hermanradtke) said :
#1

A configuration file does get created, but it appears to be invalid.

Log:
checking for pg_config... no
configure: WARNING: does not exist or it is not an exectuable file
no
./configure: line 27813: syntax error near unexpected token `else'
./configure: line 27813: `else'

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Herman J. Radtke III (hermanradtke) said :
#2

It appears autoconf-2.64 is the minimum version required.