Version 6.7.8-7 configure line 3665 reads:
MAGICK_SVN_VERSION=Unversioned directory
Whitespace causes configure to error out with:
directory: command not found
Looking configure.ac this seems to come from 'svnversion' command run while generating configure. Assignment seems to strip away non-numerical characters that follow numerical characters, but otherwise 'svnversion' output gets assigned as it is. I don't know what you'd want to get assigned in case of generating configure outside svn checkout.
Configure syntax error when building from 6.7.8-7 tarball
Re: Configure syntax error when building from 6.7.8-7 tarbal
Oh, environment where configure has been generated has been broken in more ways. It probably hadn't AX_LANG_COMPILER_MS macro, as it has not been expanded but written as such to configure (it has not been recognized as macro)
line 9755: AX_LANG_COMPILER_MS: command not found
line 9755: AX_LANG_COMPILER_MS: command not found
Re: Configure syntax error when building from 6.7.8-7 tarbal
Look for patches for both these problems by sometime tomorrow. Thanks.