Re: why only automake-1.7

[Paul Chitescu <paulc voip null ro>]

Hi!

Automake and autoconf aren't fully backwards compatible so it makes sense 
to require a specific version. It may work with other versions too but 
it's impossible to guarantee.

On the other hand you can have multiple versions installed. There is a 
generic automake wrapper that will try to call the best matching version 
(usually the newest one). But if you run automake-xyz directy you will get 
that specific version.

See if your operating system and distribution provides a package for 
automake-1.7 and install that.

Regards,
Paul Chitescu


On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Halton Huo wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to build gtk from trunk code. found it only allows
> automake-1.7, could somebody tell me why? I have automake-1.10
> installed.
>
> $./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
> ./autogen.sh: automake-1.7: not found
>
> You must have automake 1.7.x installed to compile Gtk+.
> Install the appropriate package for your distribution,
> or get the source tarball at http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/
>
> Thanks,
> Halton.