Re: [Plib-users] Example config problem

[Sebastian U. <ud...@ha...>]

On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, cho...@at... (C. Hotchkiss) wrote:
> Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 19:03:09 -0800
> To: pli...@li...
> From: cho...@at... (C. Hotchkiss)
> Reply-To: pli...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Plib-users] Example config problem

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> > Known problem. For now, cd into the plib_examples-1.6.1 and type:
> >
> > aclocal
> > automake --add-missing
> > autoconf
> >
> > The missing files should be created during this process.
>
> Uh, yes and no. The first two commands run to completion without
> complaint. I now have the original missing files, but running "autoconf"
> gives this error message.
>
> autom4te: cannot open /usr/local/share/autoconf/autom4te.cfg: No such
> file or directory at /usr/local/bin/autom4te line 428
>
> I checked and the directory exists, but this is no cfg file at all. This
> leads me to believe that I didn't do something that probably should have
> been done in June when I installed Cygwin.

Yes, there is definately something wrong with your autoconf setup.


> Just to see what the first two command achieved I tried ./configure,
> which now seems to run to completion, but make complains that it cannot
> find the same .cfg file that autoconf cannot find.
>
> Even though the fix didn't completely work this is a considerable 
> improvement. Next magical incantation?

Hmm ... fix your Cygwin :) and in the meantime, get this patch that I just
created which adds the missing files:

http://www.ude.handshake.de/plib_examples-1.6.1-autoconf.patch.gz

To apply, cd into a vanilla plib_examples-1.6.1 directory and type:

gzip -cd /path/to/plib_examples-1.6.1-autoconf.patch.gz | patch -p1


Then, try to run ./configure again which should work flawlessly.


- Sebastian