Re: [Planner Dev] [PATCH]: cleanups

[Richard Hult <richard imendio com>]

On tor, 2004-05-20 at 18:02 +0200, Tomasz Kłoczko wrote:
> On Thu, 20 May 2004, Richard Hult wrote:
> [..]
> > What is there to know except that it doesn't work with automake less
> > than 1.7? FWIW, Lincoln posted his errors on Monday.
> >
> > As I've said, what we need is just to make 1.7 the required version, and
> > then make it pass distcheck with 1.7+ (which is doesn't do for me at the
> > moment).
> 
> Sorry my mistake (I'm ommit this post).
> 
> aclocal: macro `AM_PATH_PYTHON' required but not defined
> aclocal: configure.in: 202: macro `AM_PATH_PYTHON' not found in library
> 
> python.m4 with AM_PATH_PYTHON aclocal macro is automake part and was 
> introduced in automake 1.7.3 or even before.
> *If* above error message is displayed it mean lack of python.m4 in 
> `aclocal --print-ac-dir` (usualy /usr/share/aclocal) direcory in Lincoln 
> system and this can also mean it is not bug in autogen.sh.
> Repeat .. we don't talk about buggy AM_PATH_PYTHON abut about *lack* of 
> this aclocal macro in system resources.
> 
> I can only suspect but above can mean Linconl have in your system two
> version automake.

That was the whole point of reverting the default used version. Lots of
people have several versions simultaneously, since some packages require
older versions and some newer.

/Richard

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