* GNUmakefile.in (short-examples):

[lilypond.git] / autogen.sh

diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 99c803624014337eb1c75b7a3af2986c2427fb01..20119e883179215f2939e7fdbc3ec69650454a24 100755 (executable)
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,26 @@
 # Run this to generate configure and initial GNUmakefiles
 
 srcdir=`dirname $0`
-DIE=0
 
-version=`autoconf --version 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $3}'`
-if test "$version" != "2.13"; then
-  echo "ERROR: Please install autoconf 2.13"
-  exit 1
+# Be paranoid: check for autoconf >= 2.50
+# Some setups have both autoconf 2.13 and 2.50 available through
+# a wrapper script: /usr/bin/autoconf.
+# This wrapper may correctly autoselect autoconf 2.50, but it
+# advertises itself as autoconf 2.13.
+# If you have such a setup, invoke this script as:
+#   autoconf=autoconf ./autogen.sh
+set -x
+for i in in autoconf autoconf2.50 false; do
+  version=`$i --version 2>/dev/null | head -1 | awk '{print $NF}' | awk -F. '{print $1 * 100 + $2}'`
+  if test "0$version" -ge 250; then
+    autoconf=$i
+    break
+  fi
+done
+
+if test -z "$autoconf"; then
+    echo "ERROR: Please install autoconf 2.50 or newer"
+    exit 1
 fi
 
 if test -z "$*"; then
@@ -27,7 +41,7 @@ do
   (
       cd $dr
       echo "Running autoconf ..."
-      autoconf
+      $autoconf
   )
 done