[Freeciv-Dev] Re: autoconf2.5x patch

[Andreas Kemnade <akemnade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 > The attached patch should solve all mentioned problems. I've _tried_ to
 > fix the cygwin stuff too, but it probably needs more fixing. I don't like
 > the fact that it never tries to actually _find_ the mingw library.
I think it's a bad idea to search it. 
The things which might be interesting to test are:
-if $CC defines __MINGW32__ (that's what the old AC_MINGW checks)
-if $CC links against -lmingw32 
 > 
 > Andreas, can you take a look at it?
 > 
On my Debian Woody installation:
./autogen.sh --host=i386-mingw32 --build=$(./config.guess)
--with-included-gettext --enable-client=win32 --prefix=.
gives
+ checking for autoconf >= 2.52 ... found 2.53, ok.
+ checking for automake >= 1.4 ... found 1.4, ok.
+ checking for xgettext >= 0.10.38 ... found 0.10.40, ok.
+ checking for msgfmt >= 0.10.38 ... found 0.10.40, ok.
+ creating acinclude.m4
+ running aclocal ...
aclocal: couldn't open `configure.in': Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden

aclocal failed - check that all needed development files are present on systs:

I guess the automake version from ftp.freeciv.org does not work with 
autoconf2.53

I have tried the stuff on a Solaris machine, too. autoconf2.53 and
automake 1.6 is installed there. That works (without --prefix=.).

I will test it in a cygwin system tomorrow.

Greetings
Andreas Kemnade