Ruby 1.8.4 fails install with Autoconf 2.59c

Ruby
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I updated Autoconf 2.59c today to autoconf Ruby 1.8.4 (I ve got it
through CVS)
I am getting an error when trying to make it:

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root@… [/…/ruby-1.8.4]# make
gcc main.o libruby-static.a -ldl -lcrypt -lm -o miniruby -g -O2
-DRUBY_EXPORT -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic
rbconfig.rb unchanged
compiling Win32API
make[1]: Entering directory /..../ruby-1.8.4/ext/Win32API' make[1]: Nothing to be done forall’.
make[1]: Leaving directory /..../ruby-1.8.4/ext/Win32API' compiling bigdecimal make[1]: Entering directory/…/ruby-1.8.4/ext/bigdecimal’
Makefile:140: *** missing separator. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/…/ruby-1.8.4/ext/bigdecimal’
make: *** [all] Error 1

I re-checked `/…/ruby-1.8.4/ext/bigdecimal/Makefile at line 140
It seems that everything is normal (all tabs no spaces)

During ./configure it ended with the following:
(I am not sure if this crusial)

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configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: WARNING: Makefile.in seems to ignore the --datarootdir
setting

My night is gone and I am desperate.
Plese, help!

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During ./configure it ended with the following:
(I am not sure if this crusial)

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configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: WARNING: Makefile.in seems to ignore the --datarootdir
setting

I found this post
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg11356.html

They suggested that I have to edit file:

edit Makefile.in

and edd there the following line manually:

datarootdir = @datarootdir@

Now one more error gone.
Still can’t make a build.

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Hi,

In message “Re: Ruby 1.8.4 fails install with Autoconf 2.59c”
on Wed, 17 May 2006 00:17:50 +0900, Igor [email protected] writes:

|> make[1]: Entering directory `/…/ruby-1.8.4/ext/bigdecimal’
|> Makefile:140: *** missing separator. Stop.
|
|I roll back to Autoconfig 2.58 and everything went smoothly.
|Problem solved but for future upgrades could be a problem

I think it’s a compatibility issue for autoconf2.59. Could someone
report this issue to the autoconf maintainers?

						matz.
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make[1]: Entering directory `/…/ruby-1.8.4/ext/bigdecimal’
Makefile:140: *** missing separator. Stop.

I roll back to Autoconfig 2.58 and everything went smoothly.
Problem solved but for future upgrades could be a problem