Re: Automake 1.7 Bug?

2004-02-15 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: > >>> "sbd" == Drummonds, Scott B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > sbd> A quick search of the net leads me to believe that this may be a 1.7 bug > sbd> related to a large number of files in AC_OUTPUT for which there is no > sbd> workarou

Re: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE Call in Automake 1.7

2004-02-15 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
>>> "sbd" == Drummonds, Scott B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] sbd> Also, what exactly is the difference between --acdir and -I? Please see section `Macro search path' of the manual. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: Automake 1.7 Bug?

2004-02-15 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
>>> "sbd" == Drummonds, Scott B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] sbd> A quick search of the net leads me to believe that this may be a 1.7 bug sbd> related to a large number of files in AC_OUTPUT for which there is no sbd> workaround (besides a version upgrade). Would someone *please* tell m

Automake 1.7 Bug?

2004-02-11 Thread Drummonds, Scott B
Hi, everyone, My efforts to update this build environment continue. Running automake (1.7) on my existing configure.in reports the following error: /tmp/t4qaYxc3/traces.m4:873: /usr/bin/m4: Error matching regular expression `^ *\(.*\) *$' Use of uninitialized value at .../bin/automake

RE: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE Call in Automake 1.7

2004-02-11 Thread Drummonds, Scott B
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm not sure, but I think another possibility might be that the > right aclocal program is still finding the old 1.4 macros. Hmmm... I think you're on to something. The previous build owner added some additional macros to the default source of aclocal macros. He put t

Re: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE Call in Automake 1.7

2004-02-11 Thread Andreas Schwab
"Drummonds, Scott B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Actually, I guess my original post wasn't complete. I had successfully > rerun aclocal before generating this error message. This version of > aclocal, from the same Automake installation directory, reports itse

Re: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE Call in Automake 1.7

2004-02-11 Thread Eric Siegerman
On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 11:09:34AM -0800, Drummonds, Scott B wrote: > I had successfully > rerun aclocal [1.7] before generating this error message. > > So, I do believe that this error is occuring because of configure.in. I'm not sure, but I think another possibility might be that the right aclo

RE: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE Call in Automake 1.7

2004-02-11 Thread Drummonds, Scott B
al post wasn't complete. I had successfully rerun aclocal before generating this error message. This version of aclocal, from the same Automake installation directory, reports itself as "aclocal (GNU Automake) 1.7". So, I do believe that this error is occuring because of configure.in. Scott

Re: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE Call in Automake 1.7

2004-02-11 Thread Eric Siegerman
On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 10:50:54AM -0800, Drummonds, Scott B wrote: > > configure.in:10: your implementation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE comes from an > configure.in:10: old Automake version. You should recreate aclocal.m4 > configure.in:10: with aclocal and run automake again. > > > This surprises me,

AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE Call in Automake 1.7

2004-02-11 Thread Drummonds, Scott B
Hi, everyone, Replies I got from this group with regards to a problem I was having in my build environment (that used Automake 1.4) led me to request a version upgrade. I am now able to use Automake 1.7. (Better, eh?) After running automake on my existing configure.in, I received the following

Re: spurious configure failure for automake-1.7

2002-12-20 Thread Ralf Corsepius
Am Fre, 2002-12-20 um 10.32 schrieb Markus Werle: > Hi folks! > > I wanted to compile automake-1.7 on a linux-i686 box (kernel 2.4.19) > What goes wrong here? > > # whereis autoconf > autoconf: /opt/autoconf-2.57/bin/autoconf > # ./configure --prefix=/opt/automake-1.7

spurious configure failure for automake-1.7

2002-12-20 Thread Markus Werle
Hi folks! I wanted to compile automake-1.7 on a linux-i686 box (kernel 2.4.19) What goes wrong here? # whereis autoconf autoconf: /opt/autoconf-2.57/bin/autoconf # ./configure --prefix=/opt/automake-1.7 && make && make install checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ins

Re: automake 1.7

2002-12-03 Thread DB Troll
zaufi wrote: On Monday 02 December 2002 18:23, DB Troll wrote: Can someone please help me. I am trying to install automake-1.7 because another app says that it cannot use 1.5. Whentrying to configure I get the reply no te and autoconf 2.5> not found. I downloaded and installed autoconf2

Re: automake 1.7

2002-12-02 Thread zaufi
On Monday 02 December 2002 18:23, DB Troll wrote: > >>Can someone please help me. I am trying to install automake-1.7 because > >>another app says that it cannot use 1.5. Whentrying to configure I get > >>the reply no te and autoconf 2.5> not found. I downloaded

Re: automake 1.7

2002-12-02 Thread DB Troll
Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: >Hi! > > > >>>>"DB" == DB Troll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>> >>>> > > DB> Can someone please help me. I am trying to install automake-1.7 > DB> because another app says that it canno

Re: automake 1.7

2002-12-02 Thread DB Troll
Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: Hi! "DB" == DB Troll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DB> Can someone please help me. I am trying to install automake-1.7 DB> because another app says that it cannot use 1.5. Whentrying to DB> configure I get the reply no te and auto

Re: automake 1.7

2002-12-02 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Hi! >>> "DB" == DB Troll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DB> Can someone please help me. I am trying to install automake-1.7 DB> because another app says that it cannot use 1.5. Whentrying to DB> configure I get the reply no te and autoconf 2.5> not f

automake 1.7

2002-11-30 Thread DB Troll
Can someone please help me. I am trying to install automake-1.7 because another app says that it cannot use 1.5. Whentrying to configure I get the reply no te and autoconf 2.5> not found. I downloaded and installed autoconf2.57, rebooted but still the same msgs. I am new at linux and runn

Re: error 'traces.m4' running automake-1.7

2002-11-30 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
>>> "Martin" == Martin Frydl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> Hello Dave, Martin> I've created a patch file for Autoconf fixing this problem. I've Martin> posted it to Autoconf but noone responded yet. Can you try it and let Martin> me know? Martin> Martin Martin> http://mail.gnu.org/pi

Re: error 'traces.m4' running automake-1.7

2002-11-26 Thread Martin Frydl
1.7.1 as downloaded from ftp.gnu.org, and also the 1.7.1 debian package for the "testing" distribution. - dave On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 07:27:37AM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote: Try 1.7.1 Earnie Dave Benson wrote: hello... i'm trying to upgrade a project to use automake-1.7 and i

Re: error 'traces.m4' running automake-1.7

2002-11-23 Thread Dave Benson
; > > Dave Benson wrote: > > > hello... > > > > > > i'm trying to upgrade a project to use automake-1.7 > > > and i'm getting the following error(s): > > > > > > /tmp/am4tf8PSRs/traces.m4:822: /usr/bin/m4: Error mat

Re: error 'traces.m4' running automake-1.7

2002-11-17 Thread Earnie Boyd
Try 1.7.1 Earnie Dave Benson wrote: hello... i'm trying to upgrade a project to use automake-1.7 and i'm getting the following error(s): /tmp/am4tf8PSRs/traces.m4:822: /usr/bin/m4: Error matching regular expression `^ *\(.*\) *$' Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/loc

Re: error 'traces.m4' running automake-1.7

2002-11-16 Thread Dave Benson
> i'm trying to upgrade a project to use automake-1.7 > > and i'm getting the following error(s): > > > > /tmp/am4tf8PSRs/traces.m4:822: /usr/bin/m4: Error matching regular expression `^ >*\(.*\) *$' > > Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/local/

error 'traces.m4' running automake-1.7

2002-11-16 Thread Dave Benson
hello... i'm trying to upgrade a project to use automake-1.7 and i'm getting the following error(s): /tmp/am4tf8PSRs/traces.m4:822: /usr/bin/m4: Error matching regular expression `^ *\(.*\) *$' Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/local/bin/automake-1.7 line 5077, lin

Re: Automake 1.7 released

2002-09-26 Thread Eric Dorland
--h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Alexandre Duret-Lutz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >>> "Eric" =3D=3D Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >=20 > Eric> Is this version backwards compatible

Re: Automake 1.7 released

2002-09-26 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
>>> "Eric" == Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Eric> Is this version backwards compatible with 1.6? Or will it break on Eric> some Makefile.am's that worked with automake 1.6? The day we receive such a bug report we can answer this question. Otherwise we will never know... Eric> Ju

Re: Automake 1.7 released

2002-09-25 Thread Eric Dorland
ow if i'll need to make an automake1.7 package in debian. * Alexandre Duret-Lutz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > We're pleased to announce the release of Automake 1.7. This release > contains many bug fixes and improvements. The NEWS entry is appended. >=20 > You can find

Automake 1.7 released

2002-09-25 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
We're pleased to announce the release of Automake 1.7. This release contains many bug fixes and improvements. The NEWS entry is appended. You can find the new release here: ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.7.tar.gz ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automak

Re: Automake 1.6d available (beta for Automake 1.7)

2002-09-24 Thread Akim Demaille
| Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: | > Bruce> My preference would be this: | > | > Could you send this to the list? | | Alright: | | I would really like to see the auto* tools packages (autoconf, | automake and libtool) each adopt several of their worst | clients' packages for regression testing.

Re: Automake 1.6d available (beta for Automake 1.7)

2002-09-22 Thread Bruce Korb
Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: > Bruce> My preference would be this: > > Could you send this to the list? Alright: I would really like to see the auto* tools packages (autoconf, automake and libtool) each adopt several of their worst clients' packages for regression testing. As each release is r

Automake 1.6f available (beta for Automake 1.7)

2002-09-20 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Thanks to all people who have send patches and bug reports here is another beta for Automake 1.7. Again, please SHOUT LOUD if your package works with Automake 1.6.3 but doesn't with 1.6f. Incompatibilities are best fixed before the release. Please report any issue by mail to <[EMAIL P

Automake 1.6d available (beta for Automake 1.7)

2002-09-18 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Here is a snapshot of the current development version of Automake. This should become Automake 1.7 *soon*. How soon will depends on the feedback we get on this beta. Please get it, install it, test it, torture it. Please report any issue by mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, or (preferred) usi