[Xapian-tickets] [Xapian] #826: Syntax error in conftext.cpp:105 during configure

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#826: Syntax error in conftext.cpp:105 during configure
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 Reporter:  Eyal R.       |             Owner:  Olly Betts
     Type:  defect        |            Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |         Milestone:
Component:  Build system  |           Version:  git master
 Severity:  normal        |        Resolution:
 Keywords:                |        Blocked By:
 Blocking:                |  Operating System:  Linux
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Comment (by Eyal R.):

 > You could try running bootstrap with ./bootstrap --download-tools=always
 to tell it
 > not to even consider using installed versions of autoconf, etc.

 Tried that, and it didn't work.

 > If that works, that very strongly points the finger at some dodgy distro
 patching.

 On two unrelated machines? With very different distributions? That seems
 unlikely... The SLES15 machine I don't even have root privileges on, it's
 some machine at work.
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