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

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Jules,

thanks for the report.

* Jules Colding wrote on Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 04:31:31PM CET:
>> I'm trying to fix a script which checks out a subversion repository  
>> and builds it. Unfortunately I get this:

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

> address@hidden ~/work/src/42tools/rubicon-1.0/install/Julia.build/lorica 
> $ autoreconf --warnings=all --force --verbose --install

> autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
[...]
> autoreconf: running: glibtoolize --copy --force
> glibtoolize: putting macros in `m4'.
[ ... does not add ltmain.sh ]
> autoreconf: running: /opt/local/bin/autoconf --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

but rerunning the same does cause glibtoolize to add ltmain.sh:

> address@hidden ~/work/src/42tools/rubicon-1.0/install/Julia.build/lorica 
> $ autoreconf --warnings=all --force --verbose --install
[...]
> 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'

Looks like a likely Libtool issue to me; but could also be a thinko in
autoreconf.  Which Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool versions do you use,
and I suppose I should be able to reproduce this issue with the svn tree
from 42tools.com/home/svn/lorica/trunk?

Thanks,
Ralf