Re: [Nautilus-list] CVS compile

[Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu faw uni-ulm de>]

Am 10 Aug 2001 14:50:06 +1000 schrieb Chris Heywood:
> ok, changed to autoconf 2.13 and I get this error:
> 
> Making ./aclocal.m4 writable ...
> Running xml-i18n-toolize... Ignore non-fatal messages.
> patching file po/Makefile.in.in
> Hunk #1 succeeded at 35 (offset 1 line).
> Hunk #2 succeeded at 87 (offset 1 line).
> Hunk #3 succeeded at 173 (offset 2 lines).
> Running libtoolize...
> You should update your `aclocal.m4' by running aclocal.
> Running aclocal  -I macros ...
> Running autoheader...
> FATAL ERROR: Autoconf version 2.50 or higher is required for this script
> Running automake --gnu  ...
> Running autoconf ...
> FATAL ERROR: Autoconf version 2.50 or higher is required for this script
> **Error**: autoconf failed.
> 
> does this mean I need an earlier automake (assuming that since you had
> yours there...)?  I currently have automake 1.4-p4 installed.
> 
> I went looking in the gnu automake source directories but could only
> find 1.4, 1.4-p1, 1.4-p2, 1.4-p3 etc, no 1.4a.  suggestion?
1.4 and the 1.4p* versions are the official versions of automake.
AFAIK, 1.4a is a RH-specific version. Using such thing for public
releases is not a good idea ;)

Anyway, all of these versions should be sufficiently compatible (I
recommend using 1.4p5).

> installing automake 1.4 I still get the same error as above...
Absolutly correct: The cause of the issue is autoconf's interaction with
gnome's autoconf/m4-macros. Some of Gnome's macros simply are not ready
for autoconf > 2.13 (I thought this had been fixed?)

Ralf