Re: Gnome from CVS breakage

[Adric <adric adric com>]

Josh Sled wrote:

> Do you have the requisite versions of autoconf, automake, etc?  I've
> never seen these errors before...
>

Checking:  autoconf-2.12    and   automake-1.2 .  Are those decent?

> I remember this problem... :)
> FreeBSD's 'make' isn't GNU-compatible...  use 'gmake'...
>

D'oh .gmake yields similar results though:

<stuff>

checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for /usr/libexec/aout/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking dynamic linker characteristics... freebsd3.0 ld.so
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
creating libtool
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking host system type... i386-unknown-freebsd3.0
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g -O2 -DGTK_NO_CHECK_CASTS ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g -O2 -DGTK_NO_CHECK_CASTS ) is a
cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... (cached) none needed
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking For extra flags to get ANSI library prototypes... none needed
./configure: 1840: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
gmake: *** [config.status] Error 2
bash-2.01#

Any suggestions appreciated?