RE: WIKI documentation for building from git

[Adar D. <ad...@vm...>]

> zdrew@zdrew-ubuntu-32bit-vm:~/vmware/open-vm-tools$ autoconf
> configure.ac:176: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
>       If this token and others are legitimate, please use
> m4_pattern_allow.
>       See the Autoconf documentation.
> configure.ac:209: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_CC_C_O
> configure.ac:218: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
> configure.ac:932: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONDITIONAL
> zdrew@zdrew-ubuntu-32bit-vm:~/vmware/open-vm-tools$ libtool
> libtool: error: you must specify a MODE.
> zdrew@zdrew-ubuntu-32bit-vm:~/vmware/open-vm-tools$ automake
> configure.ac:66: required directory ./config does not exist
> <followed by another hundred errors>
> 
> Are there missing steps and/or arguments?

Try "autoreconf -I" (or --install). autoreconf will invoke the appropriate steps along the way, including automake, autoconf, aclocal, etc. You may need to create an empty 'm4' subdirectory first.

> P.S. If you're curious, I'm interested in the recent XVideo bug fixes.

Sounds good, except the xorg video drivers aren't part of the open-vm-tools; they're part of the upstream xorg repository. The vmmouse driver had some issues in 8.10 that have seen been corrected; you can get an updated vmmouse package through the latest Intrepid updates.