BUG: emacs build fails from fresh install of darwinports (missing dependency to autoconf?)

[nikodemus@…]

After downloading the 1.0 package, and running selfupdate I tried to install emacs. It failed with this message:

---> Building emacs with target all Error: Target com.apple.build returned: shell command "cd "/opt/local/var/db/dports/build/ file._opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync.opendarwin.org_dpupdate_dports_editors_emacs/ work/emacs-21.4" && make all" returned error 2 Command output: cd /opt/local/var/db/dports/build/ file._opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync.opendarwin.org_dpupdate_dports_editors_emacs/ work/emacs-21.4 && autoconf aclocal.m4:30: error: m4_defn: undefined macro: _m4_divert_diversion autoconf/c.m4:870: AC_PROG_CC_STDC is expanded from... aclocal.m4:30: the top level autom4te: /usr/bin/gm4 failed with exit status: 1 make: * [/opt/local/var/db/dports/build/ file._opt_local_var_db_dports_sources_rsync.rsync.opendarwin.org_dpupdate_dports_editors_emacs/ work/emacs-21.4/configure] Error 1

Installing autoconf (and a few others, iirc cvs, m4, bash) from ports, running clean for emacs and retrying made all well. Apparently emacs needs to depend on autoconf as the one supplied by Apple is rather old.

[snu@…]

Jordan has relinquished maintainership of these ports.

[olegb@…]

added autoconf as dep on panter - thanks