coreutils

Hi,

 

Just having a bit of a n00b moment with coreutils and wondering if
anyone can help?

 

Running Linux - Slackware 9.1 with a 2.6.5 kernel, and have most of my
ext3 acl setup ready apart from the re-compiling of coreutils.

 

I grabbed an old coreutils 5.1.2 and applied the 5.1.2.dif file.
Everything seemed to go OK:

 

patch -p0 -b < ../coreutils-patch/coreutils-5.1.2/coreutils-5.1.2.dif

patching file README

patching file configure.ac

Hunk #2 succeeded at 227 (offset -3 lines).

patching file doc/coreutils.texi

Hunk #3 succeeded at 10765 (offset -12 lines).

patching file man/Makefile.am

patching file src/Makefile.am

Hunk #3 succeeded at 63 (offset -3 lines).

patching file src/getdef.c

patching file src/getdef.h

patching file src/install.c

Hunk #1 succeeded at 532 (offset -1 lines).

patching file src/su.c

patching file src/system.h

patching file tests/help-version

patching file tests/mv/setup

 

Ran configure but only got the following output relating to acl's:

 

:~/Src/ACL/coreutils-5.1.2# ./configure | grep acl

checking sys/acl.h usability... yes

checking sys/acl.h presence... yes

checking for sys/acl.h... yes

checking for acl... no

 

An earlier post (January) mentioned I should be checking for
acl_get_file, but that doesn't appear to be there (or in config.log)?

 

Thought I'd try a "make" for the hell of it, but got told:

 

:~/Src/ACL/coreutils-5.1.2# make

cd . && /bin/sh /root/Src/ACL/coreutils-5.1.2/config/missing --run
aclocal-1.8 -I m4

/root/Src/ACL/coreutils-5.1.2/config/missing: line 52: aclocal-1.8:
command not found

WARNING: `aclocal-1.8' is missing on your system.  You should only need
it if

         you modified `acinclude.m4' or `configure.ac'.  You might want

         to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages.  Grab them from

         any GNU archive site.

 cd . && /bin/sh /root/Src/ACL/coreutils-5.1.2/config/missing --run
automake-1.8 --gnits

/root/Src/ACL/coreutils-5.1.2/config/missing: line 52: automake-1.8:
command not found

WARNING: `automake-1.8' is missing on your system.  You should only need
it if

         you modified `Makefile.am', `acinclude.m4' or `configure.ac'.

         You might want to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages.

         Grab them from any GNU archive site.

cd . && /bin/sh /root/Src/ACL/coreutils-5.1.2/config/missing --run
autoconf

configure.ac:8: error: Autoconf version 2.58 or higher is required

aclocal.m4:498: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...

configure.ac:8: the top level

autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1

make: *** [configure] Error 1

 

This is the point where I figure I'm missing I few things... help?

 

Thanks in advance...!

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