Freakin' sweet, thanks! I did run into some warnings from the autoreconf (see below), but otherwise configured and compiled without a problem. I've never worked with autoconf, etc., though ironically I used to work with Dave MacKenzie, the author of the original autoconf.
[jll...@cflinux3:~/cfengine/community] svn checkout https://svn.iu.hio.no/projects/cfengine-3/trunk <...snipped download output...> Checked out revision 683. [jll...@cflinux3:~/cfengine/community/trunk] aclocal ; automake -a -c ; autoconf ; autoreconf --force --install --symlink src/Makefile.am: installing `./compile' Using `AC_PROG_RANLIB' is rendered obsolete by `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' autoheader: WARNING: Using auxiliary files such as `acconfig.h', `config.h.bot' autoheader: WARNING: and `config.h.top', to define templates for `config.h.in' autoheader: WARNING: is deprecated and discouraged. autoheader: autoheader: WARNING: Using the third argument of `AC_DEFINE' and autoheader: WARNING: `AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED' allows to define a template without autoheader: WARNING: `acconfig.h': autoheader: autoheader: WARNING: AC_DEFINE([NEED_FUNC_MAIN], 1, autoheader: [Define if a function `main' is needed.]) autoheader: autoheader: WARNING: More sophisticated templates can also be produced, see the autoheader: WARNING: documentation. autoheader: warning: missing template: CFCYG autoheader: Use AC_DEFINE([CFCYG], [], [Description]) autoheader: warning: missing template: MINGW autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoheader failed with exit status: 1 [jll...@cflinux3:~/cfengine/community/trunk] Justin -----Original Message----- From: Nicolas Charles [mailto:charl...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 12:31 PM To: Justin Lloyd Cc: help-cfengine Subject: Re: Dependency problems building from SVN In this case, you might want to use the following commands $ aclocal; automake -a -c; autoconf $ autoreconf --force --install --symlink $ ./configure $ make $ su -c 'make install' Justin Lloyd wrote: > > I'm attempting my first build of cfengine 3 out of svn and it appears > to want version 1.10 of automake, which starts a whole chain of > dependencies (autoconf, m4, certain functions in rpmlib) that are not > available as updates to RHEL 5. Anyone else have this problem? Is it > required to have the latest and greatest of everything to build > cfengine out of svn? I'm thinking I'd need a Fedora box to do this. > > Thanks, > > Justin > > This electronic communication and any attachments may contain confidential and proprietary > information of DigitalGlobe, Inc. If you are not the intended recipient, or an agent or employee > responsible for delivering this communication to the intended recipient, or if you have received > this communication in error, please do not print, copy, retransmit, disseminate or > otherwise use the information. Please indicate to the sender that you have received this > communication in error, and delete the copy you received. DigitalGlobe reserves the > right to monitor any electronic communication sent or received by its employees, agents > or representatives. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > Help-cfengine@cfengine.org > https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine > This electronic communication and any attachments may contain confidential and proprietary information of DigitalGlobe, Inc. If you are not the intended recipient, or an agent or employee responsible for delivering this communication to the intended recipient, or if you have received this communication in error, please do not print, copy, retransmit, disseminate or otherwise use the information. Please indicate to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and delete the copy you received. DigitalGlobe reserves the right to monitor any electronic communication sent or received by its employees, agents or representatives. _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
