Add note about 'pkg-config' solving problem with autoconf 2.68 or older

(Cygwin/MinGW, OS X)

* autogen.sh: Add comment about 'pkg-config'.
* TODO: Remove note about 'autoreconf' failure.

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index fbf56509855f3cc7014e0ca73a7c4c596c31479f..ec0fabf6a1de5fa1c22ee9c98116a79ef8b21439 100644 (file)
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ libc.so.1: gctest: fatal: libgcc_s.so.1: open failed: No such file or directory
 
 Solaris/x86[_64]: gctest fails if PROC_VDB.
 
-Cygwin: autoreconf fails: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR, AS_IF
-at configure.ac:59 and configure.ac:694, respectively (autoreconf-2.68).
-
 Darwin/x86_64: deadlock might occur between:
 dlclose() -> GC_dyld_image_remove() -> GC_lock() and
 GC_inner_start_routine()+LOCK -> dyld_stub_binder_().

diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 98b91da932e92634e02289e42428ad26c445b4e2..42dc8c3a5d4d57b63e8e906a60f7ee063fa6b728 100755 (executable)
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ set -e
 # This script creates (or regenerates) configure (as well as aclocal.m4,
 # config.h.in, Makefile.in, etc.) missing in the source repository.
 
+# Note: in case of problems (e.g., in cygwin/mingw or OS X), please make
+# sure 'pkg-config' is installed on your host.
+
 autoreconf -i
 
 echo