Re: gnome-core bombs mightily

[Todd Graham Lewis <tlewis mindspring net>]

On 30 Oct 1998, Michael Harnois wrote:

> > 	% strace -f autoconf 2>&1 | grep 'm4'
> 
> Ah. I think this is it! Doing this led me to see I had no
> aclocal.m4. And why?
> 
> aclocal: configure.in: 170: macro `AM_PATH_ESD' not found in library
> 
> Because, about two days ago, a commit in gnome-core made the whole
> shebang depend on having esd installed! And, if it's not, aclocal
> fails, which means autoconf fails.

Dude, it's beta software.  Just take a deep breath, roll with the punches,
and have a good time with it.  And contribute to the FAQ!

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