ports/126773: databases/postgresql83-serrver fails to build with new autotools

[Volodymyr Kostyrko]

>Number:         126773
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       databases/postgresql83-serrver fails to build with new autotools
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Aug 24 07:00:13 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Volodymyr Kostyrko
>Release:        RELENG_7
>Organization:
INTS
>Environment:
FreeBSD cairn.ints.net 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Wed Aug 20 14:42:42 EEST 2008     arcade at cairn.ints.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CAIRN  i386
>Description:
After upgrade to autoconf 2.62 databases/postgresql83-server (maybe others) fails to build:

[cairn] /home/arcade# cd /usr/ports/databases/postgresql83-server/
[cairn] /usr/ports/databases/postgresql83-server# make
===>   postgresql-server-8.3.3 depends on executable: gmake - found
===>   postgresql-server-8.3.3 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf-2.62 - found
===>   postgresql-server-8.3.3 depends on shared library: icudata - found
===>   postgresql-server-8.3.3 depends on shared library: xml2.5 - found
===>   postgresql-server-8.3.3 depends on shared library: intl - found
===>   postgresql-server-8.3.3 depends on shared library: pq.5 - found
===>  Configuring for postgresql-server-8.3.3
configure.in:22: error: Autoconf version 2.61 is required.
Untested combinations of 'autoconf' and PostgreSQL versions are not
recommended.  You can remove the check from 'configure.in' but it is then
your responsibility whether the result works or not.
configure.in:22: the top level
autom4te-2.62: /usr/local/bin/gm4 failed with exit status: 1
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/databases/postgresql83-server.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/databases/postgresql83-server.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to build it on your own.
>Fix:


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