./configure: 561: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

[Joachim Schlesener <jos tp heise de>]

Hi,

Did you check the first line in /usr/local/bin/aclocal and also
/usr/local/bin/automake? It must contain the right path to your
perl (normally #!/usr/local/bin/perl).

Adric writes:
 > autogen still failing on glib, gtk+.  Same error as before. Anyone got any
 > idea what this is?
 > 
 > Thanks!
 > 
 > screen paste:
 > 
 > bash-2.01# ./autogen.sh
 > I am going to run ./configure with no arguments - if you wish
 > to pass any to it, please specify them on the ./autogen.sh command line.
 > aclocal: macro ` at /usr/local/bin/aclocal line 315, <CONFIGURE> line
 > 39configure.in:118: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross
 > compiling
 > configure.in:119: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross
 > compiling
 > configure.in:120: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross
 > compiling
 > configure.in:121: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross
 > compiling
 > configure.in:122: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross
 > compiling
 > loading cache ./config.cache
 > ./configure: 561: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
 > 
 > Now type 'make' to compile GLIB.
 > bash-2.01# gmake
 > gmake: *** No targets.  Stop.
 > bash-2.01#
 > 
 > end paste
 > 
 > -adric
 > 
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