Re: Compile Error with slrn 0.9.8.lpl2?

* Troy Piggins is quoted & my replies are inline below :
> * Thomas Wiegner is quoted & my replies are inline below :
> > * Andrew Strong ([email protected]) wrote [Fri, 070713 11:18]:
> > 
[snip]
> > No, it's a bug in the slrn_0.9.8.1pl2~cvs20070125.orig.tar.gz
> > package, take a look in the autoconf subdirectory, the problem is
> > related to *automake* rather than *autoconf*.
> > 
> > There are some soft links to /usr/share/automake-1.10/ which of
> > course only work if you've got automake 1.10 installed on your
> > machine. You should either install automake 1.10 or replace the
> > links with appropriate /usr/share directory of your installed
> > automake version.
> 
> I'm trying to install the cvs version, saw this email and thought it might
> solve problems I'm having.  However I couldn't find the soft links you refer
> to:
> 
> $ pwd
> /home/troy/downloads/slrn/cvs/slrn
> $ grep -r automake *
> autogen.sh:(automake --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
> autogen.sh:     echo "You must have automake installed to compile slrn";
> autogen.sh:automake --foreign --add-missing;
> changes.txt:  * Upgrade to more recent versions of gettext, automake and
> autoconf.
> changes.txt:3. Switched to automake to generate Unix Makefiles (which required
> renaming
> doc/Makefile.am:## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in -*-
> sh -*-
> doc/tm/Makefile.am:## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
> -*- sh -*-
> doc/tm/Makefile.am:## Based on the Makefile by John E. Davis, adapted to
> automake.
> Makefile.am:## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in -*- sh
> -*-
> Makefile.am:## Use aclocal -I autoconf/ && automake --foreign
> src/Makefile.am:## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in -*-
> sh -*-
> 
> I am using automake 1.10 anyway.
> 
> $ ./autogen.sh
> [snip]
> Copying file po/insert-header.sin
> Copying file po/quot.sed
> Copying file po/remove-potcdate.sin
> configure.in:10: error: Autoconf version 2.60 or higher is required
> /usr/local/share/aclocal-1.10/init.m4:103: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...

Aah - I wonder if that is what Thomas was referring to...

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