Re: Building Octave on Mint 2008

[Marco Caliari]

On Sat, 10 Mar 2012, Rik wrote:

> On 03/10/2012 07:52 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:39:53 -0500
> > From: Jordi Guti?rrez Hermoso <address@hidden>
> > To: Octave Maintainers List <address@hidden>
> > Subject: Fwd: [bug #35739] discontinuous derivative from spline w/ 3
> >         points  and endpoint derivative
> > Message-ID:
> >         <address@hidden>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> >
> > Hi folks. I'm trying to figure out why Marco can't build from hg
> > sources. He reports the problem below.
> >
> > TIA,
> > - Jordi G. H.
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Marco Caliari <address@hidden>
> > Date: 7 March 2012 09:58
> > Subject: Re: [bug #35739] discontinuous derivative from spline w/ 3
> > points and endpoint derivative
> > To: address@hidden
> >
> >
> > Dear Jordi,
> >
> > I'm stucked here
> >
> > # Build and test your local copy of the source tree.
> > cd octave
> > sh ./autogen.sh
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > build-aux/bootstrap: libtoolize -c -f ...
> > Remember to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' to `configure.ac'.
> > You should add the contents of `/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' to `aclocal.m4'.
> > Putting files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `build-aux'.
> > build-aux/bootstrap: aclocal --force -I 'm4' ?...
> > configure.ac:73: error: AC_REQUIRE: circular dependency of AC_GNU_SOURCE
> > m4/extensions.m4:19: AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS is expanded from...
> > ../../lib/autoconf/specific.m4:310: AC_GNU_SOURCE is expanded from...
> > m4/extensions.m4:19: AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS is expanded from...
> > configure.ac:73: the top level
> > autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
> > aclocal: autom4te failed with exit status: 1
> >
> > My system is quite old (Linux Mint 4, 2008), could it be a problem?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Marco
> There are some minimum requirements for the various autotools.  They are:
>
> Automake >= 1.11
> Libtool >= 2.2.2
> Autoconf >= 2.6.0
>
> There are checks in configure.ac which should verify this, but it's worth
> checking anyways.
>
> I found several other threads that indicate that it is a problem which has
> been patched.  This one seemed the most promising if you wanted to hack
> something yourself.
>
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/qpid-dev/200812.mbox/%253C87fxko4gfy.fsf%40rho.meyering.net%253E
>
> --Rik

Dear Rik,

even with automake = 1.11, autoconf = 2.68 and libtool = 2.4 I see the
same problem. But the workaround suggested in your link works! Now I'm 
building from hg sources.

Thanks,

Marco