Re: [Zapping-misc] Re: Bugs and thanks!

[Michael H. S. <msc...@us...>]

Nate Dannenberg wrote:
> 
> Please add the files
>   codeset.m4 gettext.m4 glibc21.m4 iconv.m4 isc-posix.m4 lcmessage.m4
>   progtest.m4
> from the /usr/share/aclocal directory to your autoconf macro directory
> or directly to your aclocal.m4 file.
> You will also need config.guess and config.sub, which you can get from
> ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/config/.
> 
> Making ./aclocal.m4 writable ...
> Running libtoolize...
> You should add the contents of `/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' to
> `aclocal.m4'.

I think these warnings are bogus.

> Running aclocal  -I macros ...
> aclocal: configure.in: 302: macro `AM_PATH_LIBGLADE' not found in library
> aclocal: configure.in: 308: macro `AM_GNU_GETTEXT' not found in library

Humble observation: The errors reported by Dirk Vornheder in thread
"[Zapping-misc] autogen.sh doesn't work", Oct 15, show a similar pattern
but I don't agree the autoconf suggestion, aclocal is part of the
automake package. The aclocal I use, from automake 1.4, on a heavily
patched SuSE 6.2, is configured w/prefix /usr. aclocal --verbose lists:

Found macro AM_GNU_GETTEXT in /usr/share/aclocal/gettext.m4:
295                                                 
Found macro AM_PROG_LIBTOOL in /usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4:
421                                                
Found macro AM_PATH_LIBGLADE in /usr/share/aclocal/libglade.m4: 7
Found macro AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE in /usr/share/aclocal/init.m4:
10                                        

I compared the aclocal script from automake 1.5, GNU .tgz, which seems
to differ mainly in scanning -I macros first. The prefix defaults to
/usr/local, so it scans /usr/share/aclocal for the files above, to no
avail on my system. Except for

> automake: src/Makefile.am: Assembler source seen but `AS' not defined
> in `configure.in'
> automake: src/Makefile.am: Assembler source seen but `ASFLAGS' not
> defined in `configure.in'

which are probably checks introduced in automake 1.5 and can be ignored,
no more errors were reported after creating symlinks as a temporary fix.
I have no explanation how autogen.sh should work for 0.6.1 in the same
environment, but it's possible the Zapping packages being are already
automake/conf'ed compile just fine despite disagreement over the correct
aclocal path.

Michael