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Port details

devel/autoconf 2.73_1

Generate configure scripts and related files

Port info

Maintainer
tijl@FreeBSD.org
Packages
latest: 2.73, update to 2.73_1 not built yet
Upstream
up to date
Last update
to 2.73_1 · 4d1f8f16c1
Quarterly
2026Q4: 2.73
Formerly
devel/autoconf268 until 2010-12-08, devel/autoconf267 until 2010-10-16, devel/autoconf262 until 2010-09-15, devel/autoconf261 until 2008-08-20, devel/autoconf253 until 2007-09-29, devel/autoconf259 until 2007-09-29, devel/autoconf26 until 2006-12-07
WWW
https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
Links
cgit · VuXML · Report wrong data

Install

Package
# pkg install autoconf
installs 2.73 from latest; from quarterly (2026Q4) 2.73
Port
# cd /usr/ports/devel/autoconf && make install clean
# make -C /usr/ports/devel/autoconf config  # change options first
Size
585 KiB download · 3.2 MiB installed
Depends on
devel/autoconf-switch 20220527, devel/m4 1.4.21,1, lang/perl5.42 5.42.3, print/indexinfo 0.3.1_1
License
EXCEPTION and GFDL and GPLv2+ and GPLv3+
Options
1 of 1 on in the package: INFO

Packages by version and architecture

latest

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 162.732.73–
FreeBSD 152.732.73–
FreeBSD 142.732.732.73

quarterly (2026Q4)

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 152.732.73–
FreeBSD 142.732.732.73

version as in the ports tree (latest) or the most common one (quarterly) · different version · ✗ not built · – no packages for this platform. Package sets that have not been rebuilt for 60 days are left out.

Unaddressed and VuXML only (0)

No unaddressed CVE and nothing reported by pkg audit for the packaged version 2.73.

Fixed (0)

No VuXML entries for this package.

Problem reports (0) · open in Bugzilla, most recently changed first

None.

Commits (136)

Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.61 · as devel/autoconf26
Say hello to autoconf-2.6.1 after repository copy from autoconf259
5e0683283f
Edwin Groothuis (edwin) · 2.59_2 · as devel/autoconf253
Remove USE_REINPLACE from all categories starting with D
2406d49a61
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.59_2 · as devel/autoconf253
Purge WANT_{LIBTOOL,AUTOCONF,AUTOMAKE}_RUN

The versioned autotools are now strictly for building other ports in the tree.
Likewise, the gnu- autotools are for runtime dependencies for IDEs, and others,
where unmodified cross-platform capabilities are desired.
cbcdcfb3d4
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.59_2 · as devel/autoconf253
All that we see or seem, is but a dream, within a dream.

Take back maintainership.  I'll be scouring the PR database shortly,
if I miss any, or someone beats me to it, please feel free to reassign
appropriately.
c94d76f525
David E. O'Brien (obrien) · 2.59_2 · as devel/autoconf253
At Kris's request, back out the MACHINE_ARCH spelling correction until after 5.4-RELEASE.
c3d8037aeb
David E. O'Brien (obrien) · 2.59_2 · as devel/autoconf253
Assist getting more ports working on AMD64 by obeying the Ports Collection documentation and use 'ARCH' rather than 'MACHINE_ARCH'.
f2fc2d60ae
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.59_2 · as devel/autoconf253
Relinquish maintainership.  I no longer have the time, energy, or interest to look after these things any more.

To whomever picks these up, I salute you.  I'll reset the relevant
PRs to ports-bugs in a couple of weeks if no-one has taken over
maintainership.

Farewell, autotool hell.
2255dacd66
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.59_2 · as devel/autoconf253
Use INFO [1] Other miscellaneous cleanups with info files

PR:		72651 [1]
Submitted by:	leeym [1]
2e0bdfcebb
Ade Lovett (ade)
Move devel/autoconf->devel/autoconf253 and devel/automake->devel/automake15 All autotools ports are now truly versioned and do not conflict with each other.

This marks the end of "Phase 1" of the autotools updates.
e32a824579
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.59_2 · as devel/autoconf253
Actually put in relevant symlinks to the versioned files in ${PREFIX}/bin to non-versioned files in ${PREFIX}/libexec/<autotool><ver> so that the PATH magic in bsd.autotools.mk works correctly.
1324d86f0e
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.59_1 · as devel/autoconf259
Fix for auto-creation of an auxiliary directory when using the base version of perl in 4.x

Whilst the package list isn't affected, PORTREVISION has been bumped
to warn 4.x users -- those on 5.x don't necessarily have to update.

PR:		68509
Submitted by:	Martin Kammerhofer <dada@pluto.tugraz.at>
ae53822424
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.53_1
Add SIZE to distinfo's

Prompted by:	trevor
7b53eea81c
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.53_1
Set some DEPRECATED and EXPIRATION_DATE knobs to indicate overall intention of the autotools project to remove all but the latest versions of libtool, autoconf, and automake, by 31st December 2004.

Note that autoconf259 and automake18 aren't yet accessible through the
relevant USE_* knobs, but will be as soon as bsd.autotools.mk comes into
existence.
e69cb40145
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.59 · as devel/autoconf259
Say hello to autoconf 2.59 and automake 1.8(.3) after repo-copy. It's likely to be a really bad idea to use these until they're hooked into the new bsd.autotools.mk
eb6f3e503b
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.53_2 · as devel/autoconf253
Hackery after repo-copies from devel/autoconf and devel/automake respectively to make these true versioned ports
da7c20bfde
Joe Marcus Clarke (marcus) · 2.57_1 · as devel/autoconf259
Bump PORTREVISION on all ports that depend on gettext to aid with upgrading.

(Part 2)
053fdb6a6b
Edwin Groothuis (edwin) · 2.53_1
Add missing = at MASTER_SITES Noticed by: Subject: INDEX build failed
e51a01bc36
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.53_1
Point "legacy" autoconf distfile at ${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL}
8f8b051bfd
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.53_1
Use the cosmetic BUILD_VERSION variable (a la libtool), switch portnames away from using the version number twice.

Unbreak autoconf257, based on work from Rui Lopes <rui@ruilopes.com>
85e8ed21ea
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.53_1
Assume maintainership as part of the whole "gnutools" integration process.
4626b99a17
Norikatsu Shigemura (nork) · 2.53_1
Fix dependency on running perl5 and s,/bin/sh,${SH},.

Pointed out by:	simokawa
e65557d186
Will Andrews (will) · 2.53_1
REST IN PEACE  	Alan Eldridge Born December 15, 1961 in Iowa Died June 6, 2003 in Denver, Colorado

Thank you for your contributions, you
will be greatly missed.
f9be1a26da
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.53_1
Clear moonlight beckons. Requiem mors pacem pkg-comment, And be calm ports tree.

E Nomini Patri, E Fili, E Spiritu Sancti.
7e52725f2a
Kris Kennaway (kris) · 2.53_1
Use pre-everything:: instead of pre-everything: to avoid conflict with targets in bsd.port.mk
1c24674242
Alan Eldridge (alane) · 2.57 · as devel/autoconf259
starting work on actual port; this commit removes files from a previous version
3a0e8c9f67
Sean Chittenden (seanc) · 2.54 · as devel/autoconf259
Correct ports that were abusing the FORBIDDEN variable and replace with either IGNORE or BROKEN.

Since there seems to be some confusion, for the record:

BROKEN		is reserved for ports that don't work.  This will prevent
		users from installing the port, but please note that
		ports marked as BROKEN will still be built by bento
IGNORE		is reserved for ports that should not be built for one
		reason or another (including bento).  Users and bento
		will not build ports marked as IGNORE.
FORBIDDEN	is reserved for security breakages only!!!  Only mark a
		port as FORBIDDEN if there is a security issue with the
		port at the time.

Reviewed by:	kris (portmgr)
b8e1e7ef86
Alan Eldridge (alane) · 2.54 · as devel/autoconf259
Add explicit ignore assignments to try to get bento to leave this shit alone.
50ab007478
Alan Eldridge (alane) · 2.53_1
Remove the StUdLyCaPs from maintainer name, 'cause some folks won't realize mail's case insensitive and will try to type that. Sorry folks, purely a cosmetic change here, nothing to see, move along, move along....
61028157db
Alan Eldridge (alane) · 2.53_1
Changed MAINTAINER to my FreeBSD address.
7df6fabb8f
Alan Eldridge (alane) · 2.53_1
Set CONFIG_SHELL in env so always use /bin/sh. This way results are at least (closer to) deterministic.

PR:		39492
Submitted by:	naddy
798a3eec9b
Alan Eldridge (alane) · 2.54 · as devel/autoconf259
PORTNAME => autoconf254. It's still BORKED, BROKEN, & FORBIDDEN, as well as being a biohazard and classified as a chemical weapon - it has been used to sterilize frogs at up to 300 metres.
0b51a46c05
Alan Eldridge (alane) · 2.54 · as devel/autoconf259
Update distinfo and Makefile to 2.54. Mark as BROKEN, BORKED, and FORBIDDEN. Undef NO_IGNORE so that people have to abide by it.
d679f7d26e
Alan Eldridge (alane) · 2.53_1
Add msg and failure if USE_AUTOCONF* defined.
30848124e2
Alan Eldridge (alane) · 2.53_1
1. Fixed bug in autoscan. Thanks to Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> who worked with me and beyond to track this down. 2. Support the emacs autoconf/autotest modes now, for both emacs21 and xemacs21. Other (x)emacsen may work, depends on where they put things.
ab2da640e4
Alan Eldridge (alane) · 2.53
Take maintainership since Ade Lovett departed and I know these programs pretty well.
f3070bf075
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.53
Relinquish all my ports.
283fe409ce
Ade Lovett (ade) · 2.53
Stage a mini-coup, and borrow these ports from portmgr@ for a while, since I'm doing most of the updating, and am working on a port/Mk/bsd.<gnublah>.mk to move some cruft around.

Sponsored by:	Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson. :)
e7b3942ff9
Akinori MUSHA (knu) · 2.53
Install the info files properly.

Submitted by:	"James E. Flemer" <jflemer@acm.jhu.edu>
c81f0646ee
Akinori MUSHA (knu) · 2.53
Update to 2.53, which fixes many bugs.

Use the bzip2 tarball.

Approved by:	portmgr (will)
34fef183fc
Will Andrews (will) · 2.52_2
Add additional scripts to help things that need them.  Bump PORTREVISION. In particular, config.sub is required for japanese/FreeWnn-lib.
fb4afccf3a
Will Andrews (will) · 2.52_1
Bump PORTREVISION for including install-sh.  *sigh*
72bb3c9bf8
Will Andrews (will) · 2.52
Provide install-sh.

PR:		25828
Submitted by:	yar
1cf1e705b2
Will Andrews (will) · 2.52
Upgrade to 2.52; this should solve some problems when mixing ac 2.13* and am 1.5.  Ports which require 2.13/1.4 will be modified to use the ac213 and am14 ports.

PR:		29069
Submitted by:	pat
Approved by:	sobomax, ade, steve
		(contingent upon me fixing every problem that crops up)
a1aa37ae61