aclocal does not add LIBTOOL macros?

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

I always have problems bootstrapping auto* programs. This time,
automake's aclocal apparently does not do what it should.

The program uses libtool:

% grep LIBTOOL configure-common.ac 
AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN
AC_PROG_LIBTOOL

(configure-common.ac is included by configure.ac)

aclocal does not add LIBTOOL macros:

% aclocal
/usr/X11R6/share/aclocal/gtk.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_GTK
  run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
  or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal

% grep LIBTOOL aclocal.m4 
% 

And, of course, autoconf complains:

% autoconf
configure:2125: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure:2126: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL

I can use libtoolize:

% libtoolize
Remember to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' to `configure.ac'.
You should update your `aclocal.m4' by running aclocal.
libtoolize: `config.guess' exists: use `--force' to overwrite
libtoolize: `config.sub' exists: use `--force' to overwrite
libtoolize: `ltmain.sh' exists: use `--force' to overwrite

but it changes nothing, aclocal still does the wrong thing.

On other machines, I can run aclocal on the same tree and it does
create an aclocal.m4 with LIBTOOL macros. The faulty machine is:

% uname -a
FreeBSD esther.generic-nic.net 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 30 
10:03:08 CET 2007     address@hidden:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ESTHER  i386

% aclocal --version
aclocal (GNU automake) 1.9.6
Written by Tom Tromey <address@hidden>

Copyright (C) 2005 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.

% libtoolize --version
libtoolize (GNU libtool) 1.5.22

Copyright (C) 2005 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.

% autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
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.

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