Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Lars Hecking wrote: > >> Thanks for trying this. Unfortunately, the error occurs after the >> configure script complains about not finding liblouis. I have liblouis >> compiled, of course, and I have adjusted the PKG_CONFIG_PATH Configure >> then tries to make the Makefile and produces the wri

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread John J. Boyer
On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 12:50:02PM +0100, Lars Hecking wrote: > > I have found the problem, and liblouisutdml does actually build fine. > > The environment is not the problem, but the source files. > Lars, Please explain this to me. That will really speed up development of this software, wh

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread Lars Hecking
> Thanks for trying this. Unfortunately, the error occurs after the > configure script complains about not finding liblouis. I have liblouis > compiled, of course, and I have adjusted the PKG_CONFIG_PATH Configure > then tries to make the Makefile and produces the wrird error message. I > thi

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread John Hodrien
On Fri, 8 Jul 2011, John R. Dennison wrote: > I'm fairly certain this is going to turn out to be a meatware problem; > but since you refuse to post any details at all we'll never know. That > and picking up your toys and going home, of course. PEBKAC confirmed. Problem is with the configure.ac

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread John R. Dennison
On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 06:13:05AM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: > Thanks for trying this. Unfortunately, the error occurs after the > configure script complains about not finding liblouis. I have liblouis > compiled, of course, and I have adjusted the PKG_CONFIG_PATH Configure > then tries to mak

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread John J. Boyer
On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 11:47:48AM +0100, John Hodrien wrote: > Just to add some actual information to this thread: > > CentOS 5.6: > > $ hg clone https://liblouisutdml.googlecode.com/hg/ liblouisutdml > Thanks for trying this. Unfortunately, the error occurs after the configure script complain

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread John Hodrien
On Fri, 8 Jul 2011, John J. Boyer wrote: > I've installed autoconf and automake from the CentOS repository. When I > get liblouisutdml from its repository and run the autogen.sh script and > then configure I get the error I explained in my previous message. > Autoconf is generating a bad configure

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote: > On 7/8/11, John J. Boyer wrote: >> I've installed autoconf and automake from the CentOS repository. When I >> get liblouisutdml from its repository and run the autogen.sh script and >> then configure I get the error I explained in my previous message. > > You're assumi

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread Emmanuel Noobadmin
On 7/8/11, John J. Boyer wrote: > I've installed autoconf and automake from the CentOS repository. When I > get liblouisutdml from its repository and run the autogen.sh script and > then configure I get the error I explained in my previous message. You're assuming that everybody saw the message.

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread John R. Dennison
On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 05:01:30AM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: > I've installed autoconf and automake from the CentOS repository. When I > get liblouisutdml from its repository and run the autogen.sh script and > then configure I get the error I explained in my previous message. > Autoconf is ge

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread John J. Boyer
I've installed autoconf and automake from the CentOS repository. When I get liblouisutdml from its repository and run the autogen.sh script and then configure I get the error I explained in my previous message. Autoconf is generating a bad configure script. I've had the same problem on other Ce

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
John J. Boyer wrote: > The same project that works fine in rhel doesn't work in CentOS the > configure script produced by autoconf is bad. I suspect that CentOS is > not including a needed development file. > > The project was developed over many years by autotools experts. > > If you want to try i

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread John R. Dennison
On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 04:32:52AM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: > I used rhel up to a few weeks ago and had no problem with autotools. it > is definitely a CentOS issue. Please do not top-post on the CentOS mailing lists - thanks. None of libtools, autoconf or automake are modified for CentOS, t

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread John Hodrien
On Fri, 8 Jul 2011, John J. Boyer wrote: > I used rhel up to a few weeks ago and had no problem with autotools. it is > definitely a CentOS issue. And you've done a package compare of the two machines to verify you're not missing something? jh ___ Cent

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread John J. Boyer
The same project that works fine in rhel doesn't work in CentOS the configure script produced by autoconf is bad. I suspect that CentOS is not including a needed development file. The project was developed over many years by autotools experts. If you want to try it I'll give you the URLs for f

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread John J. Boyer
I used rhel up to a few weeks ago and had no problem with autotools. it is definitely a CentOS issue. Thanks, John On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 11:14:00AM +0200, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > John J. Boyer wrote: > > You saw my previous message about a strange error. I've tried many times > > to get

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread John Hodrien
On Fri, 8 Jul 2011, John J. Boyer wrote: > You saw my previous message about a strange error. I've tried many times > to get autotools working on CentOS. It's the only distro in which I have > had problems. How do i bring this to the attention of those who make the > decisions? Autotools behave r

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread John R. Dennison
On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 04:10:37AM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: > You saw my previous message about a strange error. I've tried many times > to get autotools working on CentOS. It's the only distro in which I have > had problems. How do i bring this to the attention of those who make the > decisi

Re: [CentOS] Bug in CentOS Autotools

2011-07-08 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
John J. Boyer wrote: > You saw my previous message about a strange error. I've tried many times > to get autotools working on CentOS. It's the only distro in which I have > had problems. How do i bring this to the attention of those who make the > decisions? these decisions are made in rhel, not c