Some ports require the relevant ACLOCAL script to be run in order to pick up all included automake definitions. The ports affected are mainly those using a later version of GNU automake than 1.4. Fix: A patch is enclosed which will allow port maintainers to use a new Makefile macro, USE_ACLOCAL, to specify that ACLOCAL must be run as part of the do-configure target. Not running ACLOCAL causes some ports to fail during do-configure target, or for repetitive and ugly kludges to be used in their Makefiles. The patch is offered in the spirit of 'prevention better than cure'.
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-ports->portmgr Over to maintainer(s).
State Changed From-To: open->suspended Analyzing situation.
Responsible Changed From-To: portmgr->alane Over to alane to analyze
Responsible Changed From-To: alane->ports Please see http://freebsd.kde.org/memoriam/alane.php .
Responsible Changed From-To: ports->freebsd-ports-bugs Assign this correctly...
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-ports-bugs->ade Assume responsibility
State Changed From-To: suspended->analyzed Will be dealt with once bsd.gnutools.mk is born.
Responsible Changed From-To: ade->freebsd-ports-bugs Return to the fold after releasing autotools back into the wild.
State Changed From-To: analyzed->open Since ade is no longer looking at this, it should probably belong to portmgr.
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-ports-bugs->portmgr
Responsible Changed From-To: portmgr->ade Assign to bsd.autotools.mk maintainer.
State Changed From-To: open->closed Committed with modifications for the current state of autotools, with USE_ACLOCAL_VER.