Re: [Threads-list] Trouble compiling

[Martin M. <mam...@st...>]

>   The problem is that threads uses an outdated version of the m4 files, for
> compiling.  I'm aware of this, and have changed this in the CVS repository
> which should compile now under newer versions of automake.

Thanks for your answer. I updated threads via CVS, but it seems the 
version I got still depends on and old version of automake, and I have 
automake 1.7.2 installed on my system. It complains on the config.in 
file. What to do now? Below is the output from my compile attempt.

/ Martin Magnusson



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/home/martin/threads> aclocal

/home/martin/threads> autogen.sh
WARNING: Using auxiliary files such as `acconfig.h', `config.h.bot'
WARNING: and `config.h.top', to define templates for `config.h.in'
WARNING: is deprecated and discouraged.

WARNING: Using the third argument of `AC_DEFINE' and
WARNING: `AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED' allows to define a template without
WARNING: `acconfig.h':

WARNING:   AC_DEFINE([NEED_MAIN], 1,
WARNING:             [Define if a function `main' is needed.])

WARNING: More sophisticated templates can also be produced, see the
WARNING: documentation.
configure.in:51: version mismatch.  This is Automake 1.7.2,
configure.in:51: but the definition used by this AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
configure.in:51: comes from Automake 1.6.3.  You should recreate
configure.in:51: aclocal.m4 with aclocal and run automake again.
examples/Makefile.am: required file `./depcomp' not found
/usr/autotool/devel/share/automake-1.7/am/depend2.am: am__fastdepCXX 
does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
threads/Makefile.am: object `cloning.lo' created both with libtool and 
without
threads/Makefile.am: object `thread.lo' created both with libtool and 
without
threads/Makefile.am: object `mutex.lo' created both with libtool and without
threads/Makefile.am: object `cond.lo' created both with libtool and without
threads/Makefile.am: object `semaphore.lo' created both with libtool and 
without

threads/Makefile.am: object `attributes.lo' created both with libtool 
and without
threads/Makefile.am: object `spinlock.lo' created both with libtool and 
without
threads/Makefile.am: object `thread_lists.lo' created both with libtool 
and without
threads/Makefile.am: object `wait_queue.lo' created both with libtool 
and without
threads/Makefile.am: object `shared.lo' created both with libtool and 
without
threads/Makefile.am: object `io.lo' created both with libtool and without
threads/Makefile.am: object `exception.lo' created both with libtool and 
without

threads/Makefile.am: object `socket.lo' created both with libtool and 
without
threads/Makefile.am: object `buffer.lo' created both with libtool and 
without
threads/Makefile.am: object `stack.lo' created both with libtool and without
threads/Makefile.am: object `sock_buffer.lo' created both with libtool 
and without
threads/Makefile.am: object `async_io.lo' created both with libtool and 
without
threads/Makefile.am: object `descriptors.lo' created both with libtool 
and without
threads/Makefile.am: object `systemlib.lo' created both with libtool and 
without

threads/Makefile.am: object `linked_list.lo' created both with libtool 
and without
/usr/autotool/devel/share/automake-1.7/am/depend2.am: am__fastdepCXX 
does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
/usr/autotool/devel/share/automake-1.7/am/depend2.am: am__fastdepCC does 
not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL

/home/martin/threads> configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-cygwin
checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin
checking target system type... i686-pc-cygwin
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.exe
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... .exe
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... none
checking dependency style of g++... none
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld.exe
checking if the linker (/usr/i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld.exe) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld.exe option to reload object 
files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependant libraries... file_magic file format 
pei*-i3
6(.*architecture: i386)?
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... ok
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... no
checking for stdint.h... no
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -DDLL_EXPORT
checking if gcc PIC flag -DDLL_EXPORT works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.lo... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... yes
checking whether the linker (/usr/i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld.exe) supports 
shared li
raries... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... Win32 ld.exe
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
creating libtool
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating threads/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/Makefile
config.status: creating man/Makefile
config.status: creating examples/Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands

/home/martin/threads> make
cd . && /bin/bash /home/martin/threads/missing --run autoheader
WARNING: Using auxiliary files such as `acconfig.h', `config.h.bot'
WARNING: and `config.h.top', to define templates for `config.h.in'
WARNING: is deprecated and discouraged.

WARNING: Using the third argument of `AC_DEFINE' and
WARNING: `AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED' allows to define a template without
WARNING: `acconfig.h':

WARNING:   AC_DEFINE([NEED_MAIN], 1,
WARNING:             [Define if a function `main' is needed.])

WARNING: More sophisticated templates can also be produced, see the
WARNING: documentation.
touch ./config.h.in
cd . && /bin/bash ./config.status config.h
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/martin/threads'
Making all in threads
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/martin/threads/threads'
Makefile:346: *** missing separator.  Stop.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/martin/threads/threads'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/martin/threads'
make: *** [all] Error 2

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