It seems that 'cvs update' was not sufficent to update libtool. A fresh CVS checkout was required. I now have a libtool script.
The question as to the required auto* tools and libtool release expectations remains. Bob On Sat, 22 Nov 2003, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > I am trying to get the current CVS libtool properly bootstrapped. The > libtool bootstrap script says that GNU autoconf 2.58 and GNU automake > 1.8 are required. There is no such thing as automake 1.8 yet. I > retrieved a package called automake-1.7d from alpha.gnu.org but it is > not clear what it really is (the NEWS file is extended over the one > from 1.7.9). > > Using Autoconf 2.58 with this automake did not succeed to bootstrap > libtool. > > After checking out the latest automake from CVS, I see that it > requires Autoconf 2.58a or higher. Autoconf 2.58 is not sufficient. > I don't see an available release higher than 2.58. > > After installing from the head of autoconf and automake CVS, I tried > boostrapping libtool again. The boostrap process results in tens of > warnings similar to: > > /usr/local/share/aclocal/ORBit.m4:4: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_ORBIT. > > Running configure still does not result in a libtool script so I get > this error: > > /home/bfriesen/src/gnu/libtool' > CONFIG_FILES= CONFIG_HEADERS= CONFIG_COMMANDS=libtool > /usr/local/bin/bash ./config.status > config.status: executing libtool commands > chmod +x libtool > chmod: libtool: No such file or directory > gmake[1]: *** [libtool] Error 1 > gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bfriesen/src/gnu/libtool' > gmake: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > What incantations are currently necessary to bootstrap libtool? > > What package releases will be required to support the forthcoming > libtool release? > > Bob > ====================================== > Bob Friesenhahn > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen > > > > _______________________________________________ > Libtool mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool > ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen _______________________________________________ Libtool mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
