Re: [Refdb-devel] refdb-cvs relies on buildable MAIN branch

[David N. <dav...@sw...>]

Markus Hoenicka wrote:

>David Nebauer writes:
> > This error occurred while using the 'refdb-cvs' script, so you can look 
> > in there to see the sequence of commands: './autogen.sh' (line 356) is 
> > executed before the configure step (line 392).
> > 
>
>I see. Actually I got one thing wrong in my previous reply. It is
>automake, not autoconf, which generates the Makefile.in from
>Makefile.am. What happens if you run automake manually? Which version
>is this anyway (automake --version)? Do you have several versions
>installed? If yes, does an older version work?
>
> > >
> > If it's a Linux-specific thing I'll do what I can to help track the 
> > problem down.
> > 
>
>I don't think so. Automake's sole purpose is to be and to make things
>platform-independent. I'd rather think it could be a version
>problem. Newer autotools added a few restrictions which could break
>older code.
>  
>
That was well-spotted.  I had automatically upgraded to automake1.9 
(version 1.9.4-1) when it became available.  Reverting to automake1.8 
(version 1.8.5-3) enabled refdb HEAD to build successfully.

Problem solved!

Thanks,
David.