Re: Cannot build GD with autoconf 2.57

The body of the previous post seems to have gotten swallowed by the  
web interface at http://news.php.net/php.gd.devel, so I'll try  
turning off message signing this time.


On Mar 27, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Nathan Vander Wilt wrote:

> I'm  trying to build GD (2.0.34 and 2.0.35RC1) on some old version  
> of RedHat or Fedora I'm forced to use at work.
>
> After running:
>   ./configure --prefix=/home/nvanderwilt/devlib/
> I run:
>   make
> which results in the following error:
>
> cd . && /bin/sh /home/nvanderwilt/gd-2.0.35RC1/config/missing --run  
> autoheader
> configure.ac:28: error: Autoconf version 2.58 or higher is required
> aclocal.m4:7856: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
> configure.ac:28: the top level
> autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
> autoheader: /usr/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
> make: *** [config.hin] Error 1
>
>
> I'm rubbish when it comes to Makefiles and autoconf, but I found a  
> tip on a forum that suggested I try:
>   autoreconf -f -i
>
> which leads to several errors of "require version 1.7, but have 1.6.3"
>
>
> I just need the libraries built so I can link them to a C  
> application that I've developed. What's the quickest way to do this?
>
> Also, could the makefiles be fixed to be more compatible?
>
> thanks,
> -natevw
>
>