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From: dumas.walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 (Dumas Walker)
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Subject: error compiling ifmail
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by: Dumas Walker - Mon, 1 Jan 2024 19:41 UTC

I am trying to compile ifmail 3.03, specifically to get a working copy of
ifcico. I ran configure and installed the missing dependencies. Ran configure
successfully again, and them make.

make is giving me the following error:

$ make
cd . && aclocal
aclocal: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not
'configure.in'
aclocal: warning: 'configure.ac' and 'configure.in' both present.
aclocal: proceeding with 'configure.ac'
configure.ac:93: error: automatic de-ANSI-fication support has been removed
/usr/share/aclocal-1.15/obsolete.m4:26: AM_C_PROTOTYPES is expanded from...
configure.ac:93: the top level
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal: error: echo failed with exit status: 1
Makefile:139: recipe for target 'aclocal.m4' failed
make: *** [aclocal.m4] Error 1

configure.ac line 93 is as follows:

AM_C_PROTOTYPES

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