#2710 error: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found.

[Jean-christophe Manciot]

On ubuntu 16.04 4.4.0-22
git commit 8d07349f9c8b7daf3a86299d049f3c8dcd9f6914

echo --------
echo Cleaning
echo --------
cd git-net-snmp
git reset --hard
git clean -fxd :/
git fetch --progress --prune origin

echo ------------------
echo "Making ./configure"
echo ------------------
libtoolize
aclocal -I m4
autoheader
automake --gnu 
autoconf

...
autoheader: WARNING: Using auxiliary files such as acconfig.h',config.h.bot'
autoheader: WARNING: and config.h.top', to define templates forconfig.h.in'
autoheader: WARNING: is deprecated and discouraged.
autoheader:
autoheader: WARNING: Using the third argument of AC_DEFINE' and autoheader: WARNING:AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED' allows one to define a template without
autoheader: WARNING: acconfig.h': autoheader: autoheader: WARNING: AC_DEFINE([NEED_FUNC_MAIN], 1, autoheader: [Define if a functionmain' is needed.])
autoheader:
autoheader: WARNING: More sophisticated templates can also be produced, see the
autoheader: WARNING: documentation.
configure.ac: error: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found.
configure.ac: You should verify that configure.ac invokes AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE,
configure.ac: that aclocal.m4 is present in the top-level directory,
configure.ac: and that aclocal.m4 was recently regenerated (using aclocal)
Makefile.am: error: required file './AUTHORS' not found

Am I missing something?

[Niels Baggesen]

You are rather doing too much :-)

There is no use in running automake, just drop that.