Re: cvs ./gen problems

Hi,

ayttm-users-request-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org wrote:
> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 13:05:25 +0530 (IST)
> From: Philip Tellis <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Ayttm-users] cvs ./gen problems
> 
> Sometime Today, Laura Vance assembled some asciibets to say:
> 
> 
>># ./gen
>>ls: libltdl/*: No such file or directory
> 
> 
> hmm, what happens if you run libtoolize --copy --force --ltdl --automake
> 
> 
> 
>>acinclude.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GDK_PIXBUF
>>  run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
> 
> 
> i think just downgrade automake.  i came across the same issues.  i
> think just use the exact version of automake mentioned in configure.ac
> (you'll have to look at the source to find out).
> 
> just a thought.  what does automake --version say?  do you have multiple
> versions of automake installed?  "rpm -qa | grep automake" will tell
> you.
> 
> 
>>aclocal: configure.ac: 28: macro `AM_PROG_LIBTOOL' not found in library
>>aclocal: configure.ac: 167: macro `AM_PATH_GLIB' not found in library
>>aclocal: configure.ac: 169: macro `AM_PATH_GTK' not found in library
> 
> 
> I think aclocal is part of automake, so solving one will solve the
> other.
> 
> You will also need to install the gtk+-devel, glib-devel and gdk-devel
> packages before you can compile ayttm from source.  gdk-pixbuf-devel for
> webcam viewing support.
> 
> 
>>autoheader: error: AC_CONFIG_HEADERS not found in configure.ac
> 
> 
> autoheader --version
> autoconf --version
> 
> do you have multiple versions installed?  "rpm -qa | grep autoconf" will
> tell you.
> 
> all the errors point to version differences in autotools.

When I went through this excercise in order to start working from CVS, I 
remember having problems because the distro (SuSE 7.3) kept some .m4 
files that autoconf needed in /usr/share/aclocal, whereas the default 
installation of autoconf targeted /usr/local/share/aclocal.

I eventually changed the gen script to explicitly include the paths to 
aclocal - here's a patch:

Index: gen
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/ayttm/ayttm/gen,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.7 gen
--- gen 9 Jan 2004 19:10:09 -0000       1.7
+++ gen 13 Jun 2004 10:39:43 -0000
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
  libtoolize --copy --force --ltdl --automake
  check_gettext
  aclocal=`which aclocal-1.7 2>/dev/null` || aclocal=`which aclocal-1.6 
2>/dev/null` || aclocal='aclocal'
-$aclocal -I m4 $ACLOCAL_FLAGS
+$aclocal -I m4 -I /usr/local/share/aclocal -I /usr/share/aclocal 
$ACLOCAL_FLAGS autoheader
  automake=`which automake-1.7 2>/dev/null` || automake=`which 
automake-1.6 2>/dev/null` || automake='automake'
  $automake -a -c

It may work for you too.


Regards,
-- 
Stephan (sdahl-yrwVVJnAJyJ/[email protected])
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