[q-lang-users] CVS head doesn't build under Cygwin

[John C. <co...@cc...>]

My up-to-date Cygwin installation builds Q 7.6 fine, but cannot build
from the CVS head because of autogen.sh problems.  The net effect is
that Makefile.in is not built, so while ./configure runs fine, make
crashes at once because there is no Makefile either.

Here's the output from autogen.sh:

$ sh autogen.sh
+ aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/pstoedit.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_PSTOEDIT
/usr/share/aclocal/pstoedit.m4:7:   run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
/usr/share/aclocal/pstoedit.m4:7:   or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
+ autoheader
+ libtoolize --automake --force --ltdl --copy
+ automake --gnu --add-missing --copy
configure.in:598: required file `./config.rpath' not found
src/Makefile.am:84: compiling `q.c' with per-target flags requires `AM_PROG_CC_C_O' in `configure.in'
+ autoconf
+ cd libltdl
+ autoconf
+ cd ../glob
+ aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/pstoedit.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_PSTOEDIT
/usr/share/aclocal/pstoedit.m4:7:   run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
/usr/share/aclocal/pstoedit.m4:7:   or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
+ libtoolize --automake --force --copy
+ automake --foreign --add-missing --copy
+ autoconf
+ cd ../regex
+ aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/pstoedit.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_PSTOEDIT
/usr/share/aclocal/pstoedit.m4:7:   run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
/usr/share/aclocal/pstoedit.m4:7:   or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
+ libtoolize --automake --force --copy
+ automake --foreign --add-missing --copy
+ autoconf
+ cd ../readline-4.2
+ aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/pstoedit.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_PSTOEDIT
/usr/share/aclocal/pstoedit.m4:7:   run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
/usr/share/aclocal/pstoedit.m4:7:   or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
+ autoheader
+ libtoolize --automake --force --copy
+ automake --foreign --add-missing --copy
+ autoconf

I note that the first call to automake passes the -gnu switch,
whereas later calls pass --foreign instead.  What is this
config.rpath file that is said to be missing?

Here are the installed versions of the various tools:

aclocal:  1.10
autoheader: 2.61
libtoolize: 1.5.23a
automake: 1.10
autoconf: 2.61

-- 
John Cowan     http://ccil.org/~cowan    co...@cc...
Monday we watch-a Firefly's house, but he no come out.  He wasn't home.
Tuesday we go to the ball game, but he fool us.  He no show up.  Wednesday he
go to the ball game, and we fool him.  We no show up.  Thursday was a
double-header.  Nobody show up.  Friday it rained all day.  There was no ball
game, so we stayed home and we listened to it on-a the radio.  --Chicolini