Re: [Evolution] Problem building Evolution from source (gnome-pilot)

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo ximian com>]

On Tue, 2001-08-21 at 05:42, Jose R. Bucud wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to build evo from source so I can have pilot supports but I
> seem to be having problems building the cvs for gnome-pilot. I am able
> to download the cvs but when ./autogen.sh I get the following error
> saying I'm missing "am_gnome" library. I looked all over the net but I
> can find where to get the library so I may proceed. Anybody know where
> I'm going wrong? 
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [root localhost gnome-pilot]# ./autogen.sh --prefix=/root/gnome-pilot/
> --with-pisock=/root/pilotlink
> processing .
> deletefiles is  macros/gnome-gettext.m4
> Creating ./aclocal.m4 ...
> Running gettextize...  Ignore non-fatal messages.
> Shall I run config.status? (y/N)
> You should update your own `aclocal.m4' by adding the necessary
> macro packages gettext.m4, lcmessage.m4 and progtest.m4 from
> the directory `/usr/share/aclocal'
> Making ./aclocal.m4 writable ...
> Running libtoolize...
> Running aclocal  -I macros ...
> Running autoheader...
> Running automake --gnu  ...
> Running autoconf ...
> processing ./gob
> deletefiles is 
> Running aclocal  ...
> Running autoheader...
> Running automake --gnu  ...
> Running autoconf ...
> processing ./oaf
> deletefiles is 
> Running xml-i18n-toolize... Ignore non-fatal messages.
> patching file po/Makefile.in.in
> Running libtoolize...
> You should add the contents of `/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' to
> `aclocal.m4'.
> Putting files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `..'.
> Running aclocal  ...
> aclocal: configure.in: 56: macro `AM_GNOME' not found in library
>
> **Error**: aclocal failed. This may mean that you have not
> installed all of the packages you need, or you may need to
> set ACLOCAL_FLAGS to include "-I $prefix/share/aclocal"
> for the prefix where you installed the packages whose
> macros were not found
> [root localhost gnome-pilot]# ./autogen.sh -I /usr/local/share/aclocal
> --pref>
> processing .
> deletefiles is  macros/gnome-gettext.m4
> Creating ./aclocal.m4 ...
> Running gettextize...  Ignore non-fatal messages.
> Shall I run config.status? (y/N)
> You should update your own `aclocal.m4' by adding the necessary
> macro packages gettext.m4, lcmessage.m4 and progtest.m4 from
> the directory `/usr/share/aclocal'
> Making ./aclocal.m4 writable ...
> Running libtoolize...
> Running aclocal  -I macros ...
> Running autoheader...
> Running automake --gnu  ...
> Running autoconf ...
> processing ./gob
> deletefiles is 
> Running aclocal  ...
> Running autoheader...
> Running automake --gnu  ...
> Running autoconf ...
> processing ./oaf
> deletefiles is 
> Running xml-i18n-toolize... Ignore non-fatal messages.
> patching file po/Makefile.in.in
> Running libtoolize...
> You should add the contents of `/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' to
> `aclocal.m4'.
> Putting files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `..'.
> Running aclocal  ...
> aclocal: configure.in: 56: macro `AM_GNOME' not found in library
>
> **Error**: aclocal failed. This may mean that you have not
> installed all of the packages you need, or you may need to
> set ACLOCAL_FLAGS to include "-I $prefix/share/aclocal"
> for the prefix where you installed the packages whose
> macros were not found
> [root localhost gnome-pilot]# ./autogen.sh
> --prefix=/usr/local/share/aclocal  >
> processing .
> deletefiles is  macros/gnome-gettext.m4
> Creating ./aclocal.m4 ...
> Running gettextize...  Ignore non-fatal messages.
> Shall I run config.status? (y/N)
> You should update your own `aclocal.m4' by adding the necessary
> macro packages gettext.m4, lcmessage.m4 and progtest.m4 from
> the directory `/usr/share/aclocal'
> Making ./aclocal.m4 writable ...
> Running libtoolize...
> Running aclocal  -I macros ...
> Running autoheader...
> Running automake --gnu  ...
> Running autoconf ...
> processing ./gob
> deletefiles is 
> Running aclocal  ...
> Running autoheader...
> Running automake --gnu  ...
> Running autoconf ...
> processing ./oaf
> deletefiles is 
> Running xml-i18n-toolize... Ignore non-fatal messages.
> patching file po/Makefile.in.in
> Running libtoolize...
> You should add the contents of `/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' to
> `aclocal.m4'.
> Putting files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `..'.
> Running aclocal  ...
> aclocal: configure.in: 56: macro `AM_GNOME' not found in library
>
> **Error**: aclocal failed. This may mean that you have not
> installed all of the packages you need, or you may need to
> set ACLOCAL_FLAGS to include "-I $prefix/share/aclocal"
> for the prefix where you installed the packages whose
> macros were not found
yes, for some reason, it's running aclocal without parameters, when it
should be running "aclocal -I macros" to include all the macros that are
in the gnome-pilot/macros directory.

So, just "export ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I /root/gnome-pilot/macros"" and rerun
autogen.sh. This should work.

cheers
-- 
Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org> - <rodrigo ximian com>
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