Here is how to build GNU autoconf for MPE/iX -------------------------------------------- Create the IX account, if it does not exist yet... :hello manager.sys :newacct ix,mgr ;pass=dontknow :altacct ix ;cap=+ph :altuser mgr.ix ;cap=+ph :altgroup pub.ix ;access=(r,x:any;w,a,l,s:AL) Create symbolic link for HFS name to the "home" of autoconf/iX... :hello manager.sys :newlink /usr/local/autoconf , /IX/AUTOCONF Create user and MPE group to provide autoconf/iX "home" setup... :hello mgr.ix :newgroup autoconf.ix ;access=(r,w,a,l,x,s:GL) :newuser autoconf.ix ;pass=dontknow :altuser autoconf.ix ;home=autoconf ;cap=+ph,gl Logon as autoconf.iX user to unpack files and perform build... :hello autoconf.ix (optionally copy some helpful .exrc and .profile files here) :/bin/sh -L First unpack the original GNU autoconf 2.13 distribution... shell/iX> gunzip -c /tmp/autoconf-2.13.tar.gz | tar xvopf - And then add the MPE specific files (into separate mpe subdir)... shell/iX> cd autoconf-2.13 shell/iX> tar xvopf /tmp/ac-delta-pkg.tar Now apply MPE specific adjustments to GNU autoconf original files... shell/iX> mpe/patch And finally perform the configure, make and make install steps... shell/iX> mpe/configure shell/iX> mpe/make shell/iX> mpe/make install shell/iX> mpe/make clean # or distclean; optional That's all, GNU autoconf should work now... shell/iX> /usr/local/autoconf/bin/autoconf --version shell/iX> exit :bye