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Bug 32414 - autoconf --version return wrong version
Summary: autoconf --version return wrong version
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Development (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High major (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2003-10-31 11:38 UTC by Tero Knuutila
Modified: 2003-10-31 12:28 UTC (History)
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Description Tero Knuutila 2003-10-31 11:38:29 UTC 
I have sys-devel/autoconf-2.57-r1 installed. It's only version of autoconf in my
system. However when I run command autoconf --version I get: Autoconf version 2.13

I noticed this when Rosegarden's installation program checked my system and
complained I have too old autoconf. And it's really brand new... 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run autoconf --version
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
I get: Autoconf version 2.13

Expected Results:  
Return version 2.57

Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.6.0-test6)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.0-test6 i686 AMD Duron(tm) processor
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10p1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config
/usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config
/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/
/usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 oss apm avi crypt encode foomaticdb gif jpeg libg++ mad mikmod mpeg
ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell xml2 xmms xv zlib alsa gdbm berkdb slang
readline arts tetex svga java X sdl gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python esd
imlib oggvorbis motif opengl mozilla qt kde cups tcltk gnome gtk truetype"
Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-10-31 12:28:18 UTC 
autoconf's ebuild installs several versions of autoconf.  The versions are
switched with the /usr/bin/autoconf perl script, which then calls the requested
version of autoconf.  From the script's comments:

# Executes the correct autoconf version.
#
# - defaults to autoconf-2.13
# - runs autoconf-2.57a if it exists and...
#   - envvar WANT_AUTOCONF_2_5 is set to `1'
#     -or-