[cfe-dev] is configure+make dead yet?

[Rafael Espíndola]

> I want to add support for --compress-debug-sections to the assembler.
> That means that I'd like to add a new optional dependency (on zlib) to
> llvm, and couldn't. The problem is that I can't run AutoRegen.sh even
> after searching for the right versions of all the autoconfy bits.
> Debian has a "snapshot" server with every version of every package
> they've ever had, and even that failed me; I found autoconf 2.59 and
> 2.61, but no 2.60.

What worked for me is downloading all the bits from
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/.  In my home directory I have:

~/inst/auto-llvm # autohell versions that llvm wants
~/inst/auto-gcc #autohell versions that gcc wants
...

Cheers,
Rafael