What is this spec?

This spec is an attempt to keep autoconf updated to the latest stable version available and to be used on Amazon AWS infrastructure.

What is the current version?

Autoconf 2.69

How to build?

Move the repository contents for a directory like that:

/home/ec2-user/packaging/autoconf-rpm-spec

And run rpmbuild:

cd /home/ec2-user/packaging/autoconf-rpm-spec && rm -rf BUILDROOT/* BUILD/* RPMS/x86_64/* RPMS/noarch/* && cd SPECS/ && rpmbuild -ba --buildroot=/home/ec2-user/packaging/autoconf-rpm-spec/BUILDROOT --define='_topdir /home/ec2-user/packaging/autoconf-rpm-spec' --sign autoconf.spec

How to install?

To install a new autoconf:

sudo rpm -ivh /home/ec2-user/packaging/autoconf/RPMS/noarch/autoconf-2.69-1.amzn1.noarch.rpm

To upgrade an existing autoconf installation:

sudo rpm -Uvh /home/ec2-user/packaging/autoconf/RPMS/noarch/autoconf-2.69-1.amzn1.noarch.rpm

Sources

This spec is based on Fedora's spec available on http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/autoconf.git/.

Also, it has been used the spec of the latest autoconf rpm available on Amazon's repositories.