[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#7274) problems with automake 1.8

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7274 >

I recently installed automake 1.8, and it gives numerous warnings.

acinclude.m4:433: warning: underquoted definition of FC_VARIADIC_MACROS
acinclude.m4:456: warning: underquoted definition of FC_VARIABLE_ARRAYS
acinclude.m4:472: warning: underquoted definition of FC_DEBUG
acinclude.m4:502: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_ESD
acinclude.m4:667: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_ESD_SUPPORTS_MULTIPLE_RECORD
acinclude.m4:693: warning: underquoted definition of AC_CHECK_FT2
acinclude.m4:1206: warning: underquoted definition of 
FC_CHECK_GETTIMEOFDAY_RUNTIME
acinclude.m4:1319: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0
acinclude.m4:1545: warning: underquoted definition of AM_GLIB_WITH_NLS
acinclude.m4:1668: warning: underquoted definition of AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
acinclude.m4:1757: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GLIB
acinclude.m4:1978: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GTK_2_0
acinclude.m4:2172: warning: underquoted definition of FC_GTK_CLIENT
acinclude.m4:2198: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GTK
acinclude.m4:2391: warning: underquoted definition of FC_GTK2_CLIENT
acinclude.m4:2486: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_IMLIB
acinclude.m4:2644: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GDK_IMLIB
acinclude.m4:2861: warning: underquoted definition of 
FC_CHECK_NGETTEXT_RUNTIME
acinclude.m4:2907: warning: underquoted definition of FC_NO_CLIENT
acinclude.m4:2973: warning: underquoted definition of 
FC_CHECK_READLINE_RUNTIME
acinclude.m4:3134: warning: underquoted definition of FC_SDL_CLIENT
acinclude.m4:3201: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_SDL
acinclude.m4:3365: warning: underquoted definition of FC_CHECK_SOUND
acinclude.m4:3496: warning: underquoted definition of FC_WIN32_CLIENT
acinclude.m4:3555: warning: underquoted definition of FC_CHECK_X_LIB
acinclude.m4:3605: warning: underquoted definition of FC_EXPAND_DIR
acinclude.m4:3626: warning: underquoted definition of FC_XPM_PATHS
acinclude.m4:3701: warning: underquoted definition of 
FC_CHECK_X_PROTO_DEFINE
acinclude.m4:3735: warning: underquoted definition of FC_CHECK_X_PROTO_FETCH
acinclude.m4:3829: warning: underquoted definition of 
FC_CHECK_X_PROTO_FUNCPROTO_COMPILE
acinclude.m4:3874: warning: underquoted definition of 
FC_CHECK_X_PROTO_NARROWPROTO_WORKS

as well some external warnings.

I assume these are no big deal, but it's probably best to fix them.

More of a problem is that freeciv won't compile:

ar  libaicore.a aisupport.o path_finding.o pf_tools.o cm.o
ar: illegal option -- e
Usage: ar [emulation options] [-]{dmpqrstx}[abcfilNoPsSuvV] 
[member-name] [count] archive-file file...
        ar -M [<mri-script]
  commands:
   d            - delete file(s) from the archive
   m[ab]        - move file(s) in the archive
   p            - print file(s) found in the archive
   q[f]         - quick append file(s) to the archive
   r[ab][f][u]  - replace existing or insert new file(s) into the archive
   t            - display contents of archive
   x[o]         - extract file(s) from the archive
  command specific modifiers:
   [a]          - put file(s) after [member-name]
   [b]          - put file(s) before [member-name] (same as [i])
   [N]          - use instance [count] of name
   [f]          - truncate inserted file names
   [P]          - use full path names when matching
   [o]          - preserve original dates
   [u]          - only replace files that are newer than current archive 
contents generic modifiers:
   [c]          - do not warn if the library had to be created
   [s]          - create an archive index (cf. ranlib)
   [S]          - do not build a symbol table
   [v]          - be verbose
   [V]          - display the version number
  emulation options:
   No emulation specific options
ar: supported targets: elf32-i386 a.out-i386-linux efi-app-ia32 
elf32-little elf32-big elf64-x86-64 elf64-little elf64-big srec 
symbolsrec tekhex binary ihex trad-core

Not sure what this means.

jason