Re: [bug-gsrc] Attempting to build/install gsrc undert Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

[Brandon Invergo]

Hi Sam,

On Fri, 2016-09-02 at 21:04 -0400, Samuel Dupree wrote:
> users-MacBook-Pro:~ user$ aclocal --dry-run
> aclocal: error: 'configure.ac' is required

This one should be run from the GSRC directory, and I should have
specified to also use the "--verbose" flag.

> I noticed that /usr/local/share/aclocal/gtk-3.0.m4 points to an alias 
> that refers to a nonexistent file.

OK so after testing on my machine, and given this information, I think
I've identified the problem.  aclocal scans that directory for m4 files
to build up a list of available Autoconf macros.  It finds the
gtk-3.0.m4 symlink, but it's a dead link so it fails.  This would
explain the mystery as to why GSRC would be complaining about GTK when
it doesn't actually need it.  My guess is that maybe you had tried
installing GTK in the past and it didn't uninstall cleanly, leaving
these files there (or something similar but more complicated involving
an interaction between Automake/Autoconf/aclocal and GTK).

So, re-installing GTK would be one work-around, just on the
understanding that GTK isn't required for GSRC.

-brandon

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