Re: m4 installed but bison still says it is required after it is there - is there a freeze switch for m4 ?

[Hans Aberg]

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On 12 Dec 2005, at 12:37, frank harrington wrote:

> it's an hp-ux box - not a problem. this something we
> are not required to use - i was just trying it out.
> Perhaps a link will
> make it recognize its presence.
>
> Frank
>
>
> --- Hans Aberg <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > On 8 Dec 2005, at 19:16, frank harrington wrote:
> >
> > > I successfully installed m4; it is in /usr/bin -
> > but
> > > the bison configure file still complains that m4
> > is
> > > required even after it is present. The previous
> > > message is about freeze files.
> > >
> > > I am installing m4 and bison to install aide.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions ?
> >
> > At this point, you might have to reinstall your UNIX
> > installation, if
> > what you did was not intentional. :-) What UNIX are
> > you running?
> > Under BSD UNIX, one normally installs new stuff in
> > /usr/local/. Put
> > the sources in /usr/local/src/. The binaries will
> > end up in /usr/
> > local/bin/. Then users set searchpaths according to
> > the scheme:
> >    [home]:[local]:[system]
> > E.g.,
> >    PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin
> > You could also make the installs in your home
> > directory: I use
> > ~local/, and then add the [home] part above.
> >
> >    Hans Aberg
>
>
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