Re: "required file `./ltmain.sh' not found" ?

[Jules Colding]

On 05/03/2009, at 16.27, Jules Colding wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to fix a script which checks out a subversion repository  
> and builds it. Unfortunately I get this:
>
> autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing -- 
> warnings=all
> configure.ac:58: installing `./config.guess'
> configure.ac:58: installing `./config.sub'
> configure.ac:27: installing `./install-sh'
> configure.ac:58: required file `./ltmain.sh' not found
> configure.ac:27: installing `./missing'
> src/OCI/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'
> Makefile.am: installing `./INSTALL'
> autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
>
>
> Consequently the build fails. That guilty part of the script looks  
> like this:
>
> export LORICA_BUILD_DIR="$(pwd)/lorica"
> (
>    svn co svn+ssh://address@hidden/home/svn/lorica/trunk  
> $LORICA_BUILD_DIR
>
>    cd $LORICA_BUILD_DIR && autoreconf --warnings=all --force -- 
> verbose --install
>    exit $?
> )
> wait
>
> The 'autoreconf' command is really part of a bigger bootstrap  
> script, but just using autoreconf directly gives exactly the same  
> outcome. The strange thing is that if I go down into the svn  
> checkout directory and executes the command there, then it works?

OK, an update. I actually have to execute autoreconf twice before it  
works, manually or otherwise. I've pasted the output in below.

An autoreconf bug?

Best,
  jules



address@hidden ~/work/src/42tools/rubicon-1.0/install/Julia.build/ 
lorica $ autoreconf --warnings=all --force --verbose --install
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
configure.ac:34: warning: The macro `AC_GNU_SOURCE' is obsolete.
configure.ac:34: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/specific.m4:332: AC_GNU_SOURCE is expanded from...
configure.ac:34: the top level
configure.ac:57: warning: The macro `AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN' is obsolete.
configure.ac:57: You should run autoupdate.
aclocal.m4:7470: AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN is expanded from...
configure.ac:57: the top level
configure.ac:57: warning: AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN: Remove this warning and  
the call to _LT_SET_OPTION when you
configure.ac:57: put the `dlopen' option into LT_INIT's first parameter.
configure.ac:58: warning: The macro `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete.
configure.ac:58: You should run autoupdate.
aclocal.m4:123: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
configure.ac:58: the top level
autoreconf: running: glibtoolize --copy --force
glibtoolize: putting macros in `m4'.
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/libtool.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/ltoptions.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/ltsugar.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/ltversion.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
glibtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to  
configure.ac and
glibtoolize: rerunning glibtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros  
in-tree.
autoreconf: running: /opt/local/bin/autoconf --force --warnings=all
configure.ac:34: warning: The macro `AC_GNU_SOURCE' is obsolete.
configure.ac:34: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/specific.m4:332: AC_GNU_SOURCE is expanded from...
configure.ac:34: the top level
configure.ac:57: warning: The macro `AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN' is obsolete.
configure.ac:57: You should run autoupdate.
m4/ltoptions.m4:110: AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN is expanded from...
configure.ac:57: the top level
configure.ac:57: warning: AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN: Remove this warning and  
the call to _LT_SET_OPTION when you
configure.ac:57: put the `dlopen' option into LT_INIT's first parameter.
configure.ac:58: warning: The macro `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete.
configure.ac:58: You should run autoupdate.
m4/libtool.m4:102: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
configure.ac:58: the top level
autoreconf: running: /opt/local/bin/autoheader --force --warnings=all
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing -- 
warnings=all
configure.ac:58: installing `./config.guess'
configure.ac:58: installing `./config.sub'
configure.ac:27: installing `./install-sh'
configure.ac:58: required file `./ltmain.sh' not found
configure.ac:27: installing `./missing'
src/OCI/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'
Makefile.am: installing `./INSTALL'
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
address@hidden ~/work/src/42tools/rubicon-1.0/install/Julia.build/ 
lorica $ autoreconf --warnings=all --force --verbose --install
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
configure.ac:34: warning: The macro `AC_GNU_SOURCE' is obsolete.
configure.ac:34: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/specific.m4:332: AC_GNU_SOURCE is expanded from...
configure.ac:34: the top level
configure.ac:57: warning: The macro `AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN' is obsolete.
configure.ac:57: You should run autoupdate.
m4/ltoptions.m4:110: AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN is expanded from...
configure.ac:57: the top level
configure.ac:57: warning: AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN: Remove this warning and  
the call to _LT_SET_OPTION when you
configure.ac:57: put the `dlopen' option into LT_INIT's first parameter.
configure.ac:58: warning: The macro `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete.
configure.ac:58: You should run autoupdate.
m4/libtool.m4:102: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
configure.ac:58: the top level
autoreconf: running: glibtoolize --copy --force
glibtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.
glibtoolize: copying file `./ltmain.sh'
glibtoolize: putting macros in `m4'.
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/libtool.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/ltoptions.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/ltsugar.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/ltversion.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
glibtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to  
configure.ac and
glibtoolize: rerunning glibtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros  
in-tree.
autoreconf: running: /opt/local/bin/autoconf --force --warnings=all
configure.ac:34: warning: The macro `AC_GNU_SOURCE' is obsolete.
configure.ac:34: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/specific.m4:332: AC_GNU_SOURCE is expanded from...
configure.ac:34: the top level
configure.ac:57: warning: The macro `AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN' is obsolete.
configure.ac:57: You should run autoupdate.
m4/ltoptions.m4:110: AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN is expanded from...
configure.ac:57: the top level
configure.ac:57: warning: AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN: Remove this warning and  
the call to _LT_SET_OPTION when you
configure.ac:57: put the `dlopen' option into LT_INIT's first parameter.
configure.ac:58: warning: The macro `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete.
configure.ac:58: You should run autoupdate.
m4/libtool.m4:102: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
configure.ac:58: the top level
autoreconf: running: /opt/local/bin/autoheader --force --warnings=all
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing -- 
warnings=all
autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'