Re: What version of autoconf is required for automake-1.4f?

[Clark Rawlins]

Thanks to all who responded.

As Gary suggested I made a new debian package by applying the 
diff file from the automake source deb packages to the 
automake-1.4f distribution.  After installing the package the new
features I wanted to try worked.  I had to make some makefile 
changes manually to get the man pages to install.  Then everything worked
like a charm.  I can supply packages to anyone who wants them but
I don't promise that the package is complete or completely correct.

Clark

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 01:51:24PM +0100, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> On Saturday 23 June 2001 12:38 am, Clark Rawlins wrote:
> > Tom,
> >
> > Thank you for your help. I am sorry if these questions are FAQs if
> > so please direct me to the appropriate documentation.
> 
>   http://sources.redhat.com/autobook
> 
> > After installing automake-2.14f in /usr/local I am getting an error
> > messages when running aclocal:
> >
> > aclocal: configure.in: 10: macro `AM_PROG_LIBTOOL' not found in library
> >
> > All I did when I installed automake-2.14f was the usual
> >
> > ./configure
> > make
> > su
> > make install
> >
> > Are there some configuration settings I should have set for configure?
> > I didn't see any in the README INSTALL or in ./configure --help
> 
> All of the packages intalled by your distro that support aclocal (gettext, 
> gtk, libtool etc) will have put their macros in /usr/share/aclocal, but you 
> have installed automake to /usr/local so it is looking in 
> /usr/local/share/aclocal.
> 
> If you don't mind upsetting your package manager, the following will work (as 
> root):
> 
>       $ cp -f /usr/local/share/aclocal/* /usr/share/aclocal
>       $ rmdir /usr/local/share/aclocal
>       $ ln -s /usr/share/aclocal /usr/local/share/aclocal
> 
> 
> More properly, use your package manager to uninstall the distributed automake 
> package, and reinstall your version, but this time configured with 
> --prefix=/usr (preferably after making a package from it).
> 
> Cheers,
>       Gary.
> 
> > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:12:20AM -0600, Tom Tromey wrote:
> > > Clark> Is autoconf (v 2.13) installed in /usr compatible with
> > > Clark> automake 2.14f installed in /usr/local?
> > >
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > Tom
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