I seem to have autoconf 2.63.  Apparently the configure for bluegriffon 
isn't looking for newer versions.

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On Wed, 9 Oct 2013, Yasha Karant wrote:

> I have attempted to build blue griffon following the instructions:
>
> URL:
>
> http://bluegriffon.org/pages/Build-BlueGriffon
>
> Build BlueGriffon
>
>    Make sure to install the mozilla build environment for your platform: 
> windows, Mac OS X, linux. You will also need to install subversion. 
> BlueGriffon is based on mozilla-central.
>    create a new directory for BlueGriffon's and XULrunner's sources
>    get mozilla-central from Mozilla through Mercurial
>
>    hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central mozilla-2.0
>
>    get BlueGriffon's tree through subversion:
>
>    cd mozilla-2.0
>    svn checkout http://sources.disruptive-innovations.com/bluegriffon/trunk 
> bluegriffon
>
>    get BlueGriffon locales through subversion:
>
>    cd bluegriffon
>    svn checkout 
> http://sources.disruptive-innovations.com/bluegriffon-l10n/trunk locales
>
>    tweak variable  _AVAILABLE_LOCALES in file 
> bluegriffon/langpacks/Makefile.in according to your wishes ; en-US is always 
> built, this is for the extra locales
>    use the right revision of Gecko and apply the patch to the trunk
>
>    cd mozilla-2.0
>    hg update -r `cat bluegriffon/config/mozilla_central_revision.txt`
>    patch -p 1 < bluegriffon/config/content.patch
>
>    create a .mozconfig file. I am using myself the following settings for my 
> daily work on OS X (Mountain Lion):
>
>    CC=/opt/local/libexec/llvm-3.1/bin/clang
>    CXX=/opt/local/libexec/llvm-3.1/bin/clang++
>
>    ##############################
>    # Assuming you want a universal build
>    ##############################
>    . $topsrcdir/build/macosx/universal/mozconfig
>
>    ac_add_options 
> --with-macos-sdk=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.7.sdk
>    ac_add_options --enable-macos-target=10.7
>
>    ##############################
>    # tweak the following line according to your wishes
>    # warning, the directory must exist in the filesystem
>    ##############################
>    mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=/Users/glazou/bin/opt/bluegriffon
>
>    mk_add_options AUTOCONF=/opt/local/bin/autoconf213
>
>    ##############################
>    # tweak the following according to your wishes
>    ##############################
>    ac_add_options --disable-debug
>    ac_add_options --enable-optimize
>    ac_add_options --enable-strip
>
>    ac_add_options --without-ccache
>
>    ##############################
>    # build mar                  #
>    ##############################
>    ac_add_options --enable-installer
>
>    ##############################
>    # I build on a 8-cpu machine ; comment out or adapt to your own case
>    ##############################
>    mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j8"
>
>    ##############################
>    # DO NOT MODIFY BELOW THIS LINE
>    ##############################
>    ac_add_options --enable-application=bluegriffon
>    mk_add_options MOZ_TOOLKIT_SEARCH=
>
>    mk_add_options MOZ_OMNIJAR=
>
>    ac_add_options --disable-javaxpcom
>    ac_add_options --disable-activex
>    ac_add_options --disable-activex-scripting
>    ac_add_options --disable-tests
>    ac_add_options --disable-airbag
>    ac_add_options --enable-places
>    ac_add_options --enable-storage
>    ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
>    ac_add_options --enable-webm
>
>    ac_add_options --disable-vista-sdk-requirements
>
>    ac_add_options --disable-dbm
>    ac_add_options --disable-webrtc
>
>    type make -f client.mk build_all
>    bluegriffon.exe is in $MOZ_OBJDIR/dist/bin on windows/linux and 
> BlueGriffon.app is in $MOZ_OBJDIR/dist on Mac (launch with open 
> BlueGriffon.app)
>
> Published on Thursday, June 17 2010 by BlueGriffon
>
> End instructions.  I modifed the above in what seems to be the correct 
> fashion for SL6x, loaded mercurial from an SL6x repository, etc., and have 
> the following failure:
>
> /oldhome1/ykarant/bluegriffon-build/mozilla-2.0/client.mk:278: *** Could not 
> find autoconf 2.13.  Stop.
>
> Note that autoconf from the SL6x repository is loaded.  Suggestions?
>
> Yasha Karant
>