Re: Gnome-core compile problems with LEX and/or automake

[Mark Galassi <rosalia cygnus com>]

    Cedric> Hi all -- 'Been trying to compile Gnome for about a week
    Cedric> now.  About halfway there, but now I'm really stuck.  I
    Cedric> pulled down gnome-core with CVS yesterday and am unable to
    Cedric> configure or compile.  Here's what I get during
    Cedric> automake.sh:


    Cedric> checking whether c++ accepts -g... (cached) yes
    Cedric> ./configure: AM_PROG_LEX: command not found checking for bison... (cached) bison -y

Hi Cedric,

It seems to me that your automake might be a bit old.  What version do 
you get when you type "automake --version"?  You can grab a recent
enough one from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ and it should be at least
1.3.