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Joi Ellis <gyles19@visi.com> writes:
> Because there is no configure script provided, and because my autoconf
> is considered too old, I simply can't start the build process because
> I can't generate the missing configure script.

Er, why don't you upgrade to a less ancient version of autoconf...?

Autoconf 2.59 (which is what it seems to want) was released like 5 years ago!

-Miles

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