[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [FreeCiv-Cvs] per: Some mingw32 fixes: Don't create a DOS window w...

[Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 12:45:49PM +0000, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2003, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > + checking for autoconf >= 2.13 ... found 2.13, ok.
> > + checking for automake >= 1.4 ... found 1.4-p5, ok.
> 
> Uh-huh. Such old versions... it is only a matter of time before they stop
> working for good. The world has moved on.

But I'm still standing upright in the stream ... :-)

> > + running aclocal ...
> > aclocal: both `configure.ac' and `configure.in' present: ignoring
> > `configure.in'
> 
> Not good. Why does aclocal pick up configure.ac? What does "ac-local
> --version" give?

chris@max:~/freeciv/cvs/freeciv> aclocal --version
aclocal (GNU automake) 1.4-p5

Copyright (C) 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Try running "./autogen.sh --disable-autoconf2.52". That should move
> configure.ac out of the way.

chris@max:~/freeciv/cvs/freeciv> ./autogen.sh --disable-autoconf2.52
! forcing old autoconf configuration
+ checking for autoconf >= 2.13 ... found 2.13, ok.
+ checking for automake >= 1.4 ... found 1.4-p5, ok.
+ checking for xgettext >= 0.10.36 ... found 0.10.40, ok.
+ checking for msgfmt >= 0.10.36 ... found 0.10.40, ok.
+ creating acinclude.m4
+ running aclocal ...
+ running autoheader ... 
/usr/bin/m4: configure.in: 144: Undefined name `AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX'
/usr/bin/m4: configure.in: 144: Undefined name `AC_LIB_RPATH'
+ running autoconf ... 
/usr/bin/m4: configure.in: 144: Undefined name `AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX'
/usr/bin/m4: configure.in: 144: Undefined name `AC_LIB_RPATH'
autoconf: Undefined macros:
***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY
***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_LIB_APPENDTOVAR
***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_LIB_APPENDTOVAR

autoconf failed

> > + running autoheader ...
> > /usr/bin/m4: configure.in: 144: Undefined name `AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX'
> > /usr/bin/m4: configure.in: 144: Undefined name `AC_LIB_RPATH'
> > + running autoconf ...
> > /usr/bin/m4: configure.in: 144: Undefined name `AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX'
> > /usr/bin/m4: configure.in: 144: Undefined name `AC_LIB_RPATH'
> > autoconf: Undefined macros:
> > ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY
> > ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_LIB_APPENDTOVAR
> > ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_LIB_APPENDTOVAR
> 
> Impressive. Try "cvs up -r 1.1 m4/iconv.m4" then "./autogen.sh" again.

chris@max:~/freeciv/cvs/freeciv> rcvs up -r 1.1 m4/iconv.m4
P m4/iconv.m4
chris@max:~/freeciv/cvs/freeciv> autogen.sh 
+ checking for autoconf >= 2.52 ... found 2.13, not ok !
+ checking for autoconf >= 2.13 ... found 2.13, ok.
+ checking for automake >= 1.4 ... found 1.4-p5, ok.
+ checking for xgettext >= 0.10.36 ... found 0.10.40, ok.
+ checking for msgfmt >= 0.10.36 ... found 0.10.40, ok.
+ creating acinclude.m4
+ running aclocal ...
aclocal: both `configure.ac' and `configure.in' present: ignoring
`configure.in'
+ running autoheader ... 
+ running autoconf ... 
+ generating automake files...
+ running automake ... 
automake: both `configure.ac' and `configure.in' present: ignoring
`configure.in'
+ removing config.cache ... 
+ running configure ... 

I am going to run ./configure with no arguments - if you wish 
to pass any to it, please specify them on the ./autogen.sh command line.

creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
[...]
Now type 'make' to compile freeciv.

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