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Re: installing automake 1.9.5 and now libtool isn't working properly.


From: Ralf Wildenhues
Subject: Re: installing automake 1.9.5 and now libtool isn't working properly.
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:12:44 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.9i

* Dale Walsh wrote on Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 06:12:31AM CET:
> On Jan 13, 2006, at 07:44 , Peter O'Gorman wrote:
> >
> >I think that the problem is that aclocal is picking up a different  
> >version of libtool.m4 than it should. It looks like you have a  
> >modern ltmain.sh and an old libtool.m4, thus meaning SED (and a  
> >whole bunch of other things) is undefined.
> 
> OK, but if I'm installing both autoconf/automake, shouldn't it  
> install new ltmain.sh and libtool.m4 files???

No.  libtoolize will install a newer ltmain.sh.
You need to make sure aclocal will pick up the right libtool.m4.
Please read 
  info Automake "Macro search path"
of a suitable recent Automake installation (>=1.7 I believe).

> If it's installing one and not the other, how can I remedy this?
> 
> If I need to edit a file, which file?

E.g., put the path to the libtool.m4 file in the `dirlist' file, as
described above, or use `aclocal -I ...'.

Cheers,
Ralf




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