Re: libspf2-1.2.10 is bundled with malformed configure script

On Saturday, October 04, 2014 12:09:35 Vitaly Sinilin via spf-devel wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I hope this is an appropriate place to report issues with libspf2.
> I am writing here because bug and issue tracker at rt.anarres.org that
> is announced on the libspf2 site is not available.
> 
> I just tried to build libspf2-1.2.10 and faced the following warning:
> 
> cd libspf2-1.2.10
> + ./configure --prefix=/usr
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> ./configure: line 3001: AX_WITH_PERL: command not found
> 
> [rest of the log is skipped]
> 
> Looks like the definition of an AX_WITH_PERL macro wasn't available on
> the machine where the tarball was generated.
> 
> I checked the configure script from the tarball for version 1.2.9 and
> it has this macro substituted. So the problem appeared in 1.2.10.
> 
> Quick googling led me to this message:
> 
>   https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/gnu.announce/Fvf8NRlx86Q
> 
> It says among other
> 
> > The obsolete macros AX_CFLAGS_WARN_ALL_ANSI, AX_C_IFDEF,
> > AX_C_PRINTF_THSEP, AX_GCC_OPTION, AX_WITH_GUILE, AX_WITH_PERL,
> > AX_WITH_PYTHON, and AX_WITH_RUBY have been deleted.
> 
> So autoconf environment seems changed since time version 1.2.9
> was released and configure.ac needs to updated somehow.
> 
> Hope this helps.

You need to autoreconf.

http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.69/html_node/autoreconf-Invocation.html

Scott K