Comment 5 for bug 416399

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Nate Michael (nate-michael) wrote : Re: [Bug 416399] Re: Auto-generated configure script on OS X contains incorrect command that yields unexpected end of file error

> Which version of m4 do you use?

On OS X: 1.4.6
On Debian Linux: 1.4.13

>
> On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 15:15 +0000, Nate Michael wrote:
>> The same problem occurs on Debian Linux with version 2.64 of
>> autoconf.
>>
>
> --
> Auto-generated configure script on OS X contains incorrect command
> that yields unexpected end of file error
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416399
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> Status in peekabot: New
>
> Bug description:
> This "bug" has been confirmed on two separate OS X systems. After
> checking out the latest trunk and running "autoreconf -i", the auto-
> generated configure script contains a line that should be two lines.
> The script generates (l. 14859 on my systems):
>
> boost_cv_lib_version=`cat conftest.i`
> firm -f conftest*
>
> which should be
>
> boost_cv_lib_version=`cat conftest.i`
> fi
> rm -f conftest*
>
> Making this change fixes the script and compilation continues as
> expected. After which point, the trunk works as expected. It is not
> clear if this is an issue with the autoconf settings in peekabot or
> a bug resulting from some other component. Relevant versions follow:
>
> autoconf, autoreconf: 2.64
> make: 3.81
> aclocal: 1.11
> libtoolize: 2.2.6