Re: problem configuring libtool

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Vivek,

* Vivek Katakam wrote on Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:00:06AM CEST:
> I am trying configure ACE. I am getting the following error:
> apps/JAWS2/JAWS/Makefile.am:20: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is
> to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
> apps/JAWS2/JAWS/Makefile.am:20: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal'
> and `autoconf' again.
> apps/JAWS3/jaws3/Makefile.am:20: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is 
> undefined
> 
> When i ran aclocal and then autoconf, i am getting the following error
> after running autoconf:
> 
> configure.ac:1: error: possibly undefined macro: dnl
>       If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
>       See the Autoconf documentation.
> 
> can someone please help what went wrong. The following are the
> configurations on the SLES11 OS:
> autoconf : 2.61
> automake:  1.9.6
> libtool : 2.2.6

I'm not sure yet what is going on, maybe a quoting error or a
nonstandard way to bootstrap this package.  Can you post a link to the
source tarball or repo that you are trying to build?

Cheers,
Ralf