Re: [Gqclient-discuss] compiling GQ 0.7beta2 on RedHat 8.0

On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Simon Matter wrote:

> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have just tried to compile GQ 0.7beta2 on a RedHat 8.0 box with no
> > > > > success. I guess it's a automake/autoconf issue.
> > > > >
> > > > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/gq-0.7.0beta2/intl'
> > > > > make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/gq-0.7.0beta2/intl'
> > > > > make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> > > > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/gq-0.7.0beta2/intl'
> > > > > Making all in src
> > > > > make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/gq-0.7.0beta2/src'
> > > > > cd .. && automake --gnu --include-deps src/Makefile
> > > > > src/Makefile.am: required file `./depcomp' not found
> > > > > make[2]: *** [Makefile.in] Error 1
> > > > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/gq-0.7.0beta2/src'
> > > > > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > > > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/gq-0.7.0beta2'
> > > > > make: *** [all] Error 2
> > > >

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> > I use automake 1.4 and autoconf 2.13 (yeah, old stuff, but it works). I
> > just don't understand why automake gets called here. It is not required to
> > have automake installed at all, so I am definitly puzzled here. I think
> > depcomp is required to be in the source distro in packages based on later
> > versions of automake/autoconf.
>
> I have a bit more info:
>
> 1)
> gq-0.7.0beta1 compiles fine on RH 8.0.
>
> 2)
> The following "fixes" the compile problems which seem to be autoconf
> related:
> aclocal-1.4 ; automake-1.4 ; autoconf ; ./configure ; make
>
> Looks like some ac stuff broke between beta1 and beta2.

You are right, and I think I found the problem. I would like to send you a
fixed beta2 distribution (because this is a distribution problem a patch
would not do). Would you mind receiving a 350KB attachment with your
personal beta release?

peter