On 06/28/2013 07:59 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 06/28/2013 11:51 AM, Jack Howarth wrote: >> Eric, >> I am not having any luck with the bootstrap working if I do... >> >> git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/m4.git >> cd m4 >> bootstrap >> >> It fails with... >> >> Makefile.am:152: error: 'pkglibexecdir' is not a legitimate directory for >> 'LTLIBRARIES' > > Uggh, I'll have to figure out if I can reproduce that. Newer automake > is getting picker than older automake. > I think the issue is that Jack is trying to bootstrap from the master branch -- that is dormant, and stuck with a broken bootstrap script and an outdated gnulib.
Jack, after the "cd m4", you should also checkout the correct branch (something on the lines of 'branch-1.4') before bootstrapping. HTH (and sorry for the curtness), Stefano
