Newbee : configure.in:618: error: m4_popdef: undefined macro: AC_Dest

[Karl Schmitt]

Dear Folks,

I am completly new to automake and autoconf and
I am porting an automake/autoconf based build system from CVS
to ClearCase. I checked out all files; however,  I am not
able to configure and build in clearcase:

address@hidden:/vobs/old_cvs_stuff7> autoconf
configure.in:618: error: m4_popdef: undefined macro: AC_Dest
/usr/src/packages/BUILD/autoconf-2.59/tests/../lib/autoconf/status.m4:848: 
AC_CONFIG_FILES is expanded from...
configure.in:618: the top level
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
address@hidden:/vobs/old_cvs_stuff7>

and here comes the verbose part:

address@hidden:/vobs/old_cvs_stuff7> autoconf -v
autoconf: running /usr/bin/autom4te -v --language=autoconf 
--output=configure configure.in
autom4te: the trace request object is:
autom4te: $VAR1 = bless( [
autom4te:                  '0',
autom4te:                  0,
autom4te:                  [
autom4te:                    '/usr/share/autoconf'
autom4te:                  ],
autom4te:                  [
autom4te:                    '/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/autoconf.m4f',
autom4te:                    'configure.in'
autom4te:                  ],
autom4te:                  {
autom4te:                    'm4_pattern_forbid' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_TYPE_OFF_T' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_C_VOLATILE' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_CLOSEDIR_VOID' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_REPLACE_FNMATCH' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_STAT' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_HEADER_TIME' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_WAIT3' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_STRUCT_TM' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_LSTAT' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_TYPE_MODE_T' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_GETMNTENT' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_STRTOD' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_CHECK_HEADERS' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_STRNLEN' => 1,
autom4te:                    'm4_sinclude' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_PROG_CXX' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_PATH_X' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_PROG_AWK' => 1,
autom4te:                    '_m4_warn' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_HEADER_STDC' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_HEADER_MAJOR' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_ERROR_AT_LINE' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_LIBSOURCE' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_STRUCT_ST_BLOCKS' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_TYPE_SIGNAL' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_TYPE_UID_T' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_PROG_MAKE_SET' => 1,
autom4te:                    'sinclude' => 1,
autom4te:                    'm4_pattern_allow' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_DEFINE_TRACE_LITERAL' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_STRERROR_R' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_PROG_CC' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_FORK' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_DECL_SYS_SIGLIST' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_VPRINTF' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_STRCOLL' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_PROG_YACC' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_INIT' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_STRUCT_TIMEZONE' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_CHOWN' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_SUBST' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_ALLOCA' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_CANONICAL_HOST' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_GETPGRP' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_PROG_RANLIB' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_SETPGRP' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_MMAP' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_REALLOC' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_TYPE_SIZE_T' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_CONFIG_LINKS' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_CHECK_TYPES' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_CHECK_MEMBERS' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AM_MAINTAINER_MODE' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_UTIME_NULL' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_SELECT_ARGTYPES' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_STRFTIME' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_HEADER_STAT' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_C_INLINE' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_PROG_CPP' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_TYPE_PID_T' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_C_CONST' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_PROG_LEX' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_CONFIG_FILES' => 1,
autom4te:                    'include' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_SETVBUF_REVERSED' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_PROG_INSTALL' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AM_GNU_GETTEXT' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_OBSTACK' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_CHECK_LIB' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_MALLOC' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_GETGROUPS' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_GETLOADAVG' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AH_OUTPUT' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_FSEEKO' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AM_PROG_CC_C_O' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AM_CONDITIONAL' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_MKTIME' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_CONFIG_HEADERS' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_FUNC_MEMCMP' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_PROG_LN_S' => 1,
autom4te:                    'm4_include' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_HEADER_DIRENT' => 1,
autom4te:                    'AC_CHECK_FUNCS' => 1
autom4te:                  }
autom4te:                ], 'Autom4te::Request' );
autom4te: running: /usr/bin/m4 --nesting-limit=1024 
--include=/usr/share/autoconf --debug=aflq --fatal-warning 
--error-output=autom4te.cache/traces.0t --trace=AC_CANONICAL_HOST 
--trace=AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM --trace=AC_CHECK_FUNCS 
--trace=AC_CHECK_HEADERS --trace=AC_CHECK_LIB --trace=AC_CHECK_MEMBERS 
--trace=AC_CHECK_TYPES --trace=AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR --trace=AC_CONFIG_FILES 
--trace=AC_CONFIG_HEADERS --trace=AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR 
--trace=AC_CONFIG_LINKS --trace=AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS --trace=AC_C_CONST 
--trace=AC_C_INLINE --trace=AC_C_VOLATILE --trace=AC_DECL_SYS_SIGLIST 
--trace=AC_DEFINE_TRACE_LITERAL --trace=AC_FUNC_ALLOCA 
--trace=AC_FUNC_CHOWN --trace=AC_FUNC_CLOSEDIR_VOID 
--trace=AC_FUNC_ERROR_AT_LINE --trace=AC_FUNC_FORK 
--trace=AC_FUNC_FSEEKO --trace=AC_FUNC_GETGROUPS 
--trace=AC_FUNC_GETLOADAVG --trace=AC_FUNC_GETMNTENT 
--trace=AC_FUNC_GETPGRP --trace=AC_FUNC_LSTAT 
--trace=AC_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK --trace=AC_FUNC_MALLOC 
--trace=AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC --trace=AC_FUNC_MEMCMP --trace=AC_FUNC_MKTIME 
--trace=AC_FUNC_MMAP --trace=AC_FUNC_OBSTACK --trace=AC_FUNC_REALLOC 
--trace=AC_FUNC_SELECT_ARGTYPES --trace=AC_FUNC_SETPGRP 
--trace=AC_FUNC_SETVBUF_REVERSED --trace=AC_FUNC_STAT 
--trace=AC_FUNC_STRCOLL --trace=AC_FUNC_STRERROR_R 
--trace=AC_FUNC_STRFTIME --trace=AC_FUNC_STRNLEN --trace=AC_FUNC_STRTOD 
--trace=AC_FUNC_UTIME_NULL --trace=AC_FUNC_VPRINTF --trace=AC_FUNC_WAIT3 
--trace=AC_HEADER_DIRENT --trace=AC_HEADER_MAJOR --trace=AC_HEADER_STAT 
--trace=AC_HEADER_STDC --trace=AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT --trace=AC_HEADER_TIME 
--trace=AC_INIT --trace=AC_LIBSOURCE --trace=AC_PATH_X 
--trace=AC_PROG_AWK --trace=AC_PROG_CC --trace=AC_PROG_CPP 
--trace=AC_PROG_CXX --trace=AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL 
--trace=AC_PROG_INSTALL --trace=AC_PROG_LEX --trace=AC_PROG_LIBTOOL 
--trace=AC_PROG_LN_S --trace=AC_PROG_MAKE_SET --trace=AC_PROG_RANLIB 
--trace=AC_PROG_YACC --trace=AC_REPLACE_FNMATCH 
--trace=AC_STRUCT_ST_BLOCKS --trace=AC_STRUCT_TIMEZONE 
--trace=AC_STRUCT_TM --trace=AC_SUBST --trace=AC_TYPE_MODE_T 
--trace=AC_TYPE_OFF_T --trace=AC_TYPE_PID_T --trace=AC_TYPE_SIGNAL 
--trace=AC_TYPE_SIZE_T --trace=AC_TYPE_UID_T --trace=AH_OUTPUT 
--trace=AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION --trace=AM_CONDITIONAL 
--trace=AM_GNU_GETTEXT --trace=AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE 
--trace=AM_MAINTAINER_MODE --trace=AM_PROG_CC_C_O --trace=_m4_warn 
--trace=include --trace=m4_include --trace=m4_pattern_allow 
--trace=m4_pattern_forbid --trace=m4_sinclude --trace=sinclude 
--reload-state=/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/autoconf.m4f configure.in 
</dev/null >autom4te.cache/output.0t
configure.in:618: error: m4_popdef: undefined macro: AC_Dest
/usr/src/packages/BUILD/autoconf-2.59/tests/../lib/autoconf/status.m4:848: 
AC_CONFIG_FILES is expanded from...
configure.in:618: the top level
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
address@hidden:/vobs/old_cvs_stuff7>

Any idea which could bring me to the next round ...?

Karl