Re: Building automake1.9 with autoconf2.61

[Bob Proulx]

Kamaljit Singh wrote:
> I was hoping to create a src tree which would build automake1.9 and

automake-1.9 has been replaced with automake-1.10.1.  You should use
the later version.

  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.10.1.tar.gz

> autoconf2.61 and install them in a central place. Writing a
> configure.ac for this is quite hard if not impossible. The automake
> expects and depends on that the directory where its untarred should
> be called automake-1.9, which makes writing the Makefile.am
> dependent on the version and would some unrequired maintenance of
> configure.ac/Makefile.am.

You should not need to write your own configure.ac.  Use the package's
distributed ./configure scripts.  That is probably the root of your
problems.

> Moreover automake1.9 is dependent on autoconf2.58+ to be present in
> the path that I cant have them in the same sandbox at all !!! I need
> to install autoconf first and then try configuring automake. That
> doesnt seem right.
> 
> Any suggestions, on whether/how this can be managed ?

First install the latest m4 because m4 is required for building the
autotools.

  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.9.tar.gz

Then after installing m4 install both autoconf and automake using
their included ./configure files.  This "works for me" and I think
should work for you too.

Bob