>> ** autoreconf and auxiliary directory
>> Autoreconf creates the auxiliary directory if needed. This is
>> especially useful for initial "bootstrapping" of fresh CVS checkouts.
> Is AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR required now? If so, I think that should be more
> prominently mentioned in the NEWS file. Here is what happens for me,
> who doesn't use AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR. (Ignore the pkg.m4 error.)
It is not an error in autoreconf: it is libtoolize that failed here.
Thanks for the report though!
> Works fine when I do specify AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR though.
> address@hidden:~/src/libidn$ ./autogen.sh
> + autoreconf --install --force --verbose
> autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
> autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
> /usr/local/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:5: underquoted definition of
PKG_CHECK_MODULES
> /usr/local/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:5: run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
> or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending%20aclocal
> autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
> autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
> libtoolize: putting files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `'.
> mkdir: too few arguments
> Try `mkdir --help' for more information.
> cp: cannot create regular file `/config.guess': Permission denied
> libtoolize: can not copy `/usr/local/share/libtool/config.guess' to
`/config.guess'
> mkdir: too few arguments
> Try `mkdir --help' for more information.
> cp: cannot create regular file `/config.sub': Permission denied
> libtoolize: can not copy `/usr/local/share/libtool/config.sub' to
`/config.sub'
> mkdir: too few arguments
> Try `mkdir --help' for more information.
> cp: cannot create regular file `/ltmain.sh': Permission denied
> libtoolize: can not copy `/usr/local/share/libtool/ltmain.sh' to `/ltmain.sh'
> libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `m4'.
> libtoolize: copying file `m4/libtool.m4'
> autoreconf: libtoolize failed with exit status: 1
> address@hidden:~/src/libidn$
> address@hidden:~/src/libidn$ autoreconf --version
> autoreconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.57g
> Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
> Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> address@hidden:~/src/libidn$ libtoolize --version
> libtoolize (GNU libtool) 1.5a (1.1296 2003/10/21 15:03:52)
> Written by Gary V. Vaughan <address@hidden>
> Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.