[OpenJade-devel] Building CVS OpenJade

[Neil R. <ne...@oc...>]

You could try using the files as found in the Debian unstable package, they
work with the newer tools.  I am the one who made the necessary changes.  Are
you running Debian or some other Linux that can unpack the Debian package
format?  If not, I can send you the files and work with you to make sure they
work for you.

On Apr 22, Norman Gray (no...@as...) wrote:
 > 
 > Greetings,
 > 
 > I'm trying to build the CVS version of OpenJade -- specifically the
 > version tagged debian_version_1_4devel1-5.  I've fallen at the very
 > first hurdle: I can't build the ./configure script and config.h.in.
 > 
 > With a pretty new installation of autoconf/automake/libtool, I get:
 > 
 > ptolemy:jade> autoreconf --version
 > autoreconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
 > Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
 > 
 > Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
 > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 > ptolemy:jade> autoreconf
 > configure.in:187: warning: AC_ARG_PROGRAM invoked multiple times
 > autoreconf: configure.in: AM_GNU_GETTEXT is used, but not AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION
 > configure.in:187: warning: AC_ARG_PROGRAM invoked multiple times
 > configure.in:249: error: do not use LIBOBJS directly, use AC_LIBOBJ (see section `AC_LIBOBJ vs LIBOBJS'
 >       If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
 >       See the Autoconf documentation.
 > autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
 > 
 > [that is, the configure.in appears to be a bit old for these tools]
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > The develdoc/DEVELOPERS file suggests
 >   * autoconf (version >= 2.13)
 >   * automake (version >= 1.4)
 > 
 > (though I'm pretty sure I'm going to need libtool, too), but if I
 > install those old versions (specifically autoconf 2.13 and automake
 > 1.4-p6), I get
 > 
 > ptolemy:jade> PATH=/home/norman/Scratch/tools/config-tools-old/bin:$PATH autoreconf
 > aclocal.m4: 1101: `automake requires `AM_CONFIG_HEADER', not `AC_CONFIG_HEADER'
 > automake: Makefile.am: required file `./ChangeLog' not found
 > configure.in: 1101: required file `./config.h.in' not found
 > configure.in: 1101: required file `./$@)].in' not found
 > FATAL ERROR: Autoconf version 2.54 or higher is required for this script
 > FATAL ERROR: Autoconf version 2.54 or higher is required for this script
 > 
 > [that is, configure.in is a bit new for these versions, and the
 > DEVELOPERS file is a bit out-of-date]
 > 
 > Sigh.
 > 
 > If I use aclocal, libtoolize, automake then autoconf from the new tools,
 > and autoheader from autoconf-2.13, then I get a pretty complete set of
 > inputs, which does seem to configure at least, but this makes me nervous.
 > 
 > Rather than me doing a binary search of all the tool possibilityes,
 > can anyone indicate what versions of the autotools do actually work to
 > configure this correctly?
 > 
 > After that, I can't get it to build, but that's because I need to switch
 > compiler versions -- a separate problem.
 > 
 > Thanks for any pointers.
 > 
 > Norman
 > 
 > 
 > -- 
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 > Norman Gray                        http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/users/norman/
 > Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK     no...@as...
 > 
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