Perfect. Thanks for the help and fast response! I have two good solutions to work from.
Kindly, Graham On May 23, 2011, at 8:48 PM, Daniel Herring wrote: > On Mon, 23 May 2011, Daniel Herring wrote: > >> FYI, when I install a new version of the autotools, I do something like >> >> # PATH=/new/path/bin:$PATH >> # cd m4; ./configure --prefix=/new/path; make; make install >> # cd ../autoconf; ./configure --prefix=/new/path; make; make install >> # cd ../automake; ./configure --prefix=/new/path; make; make install >> # cd ../libtool; ./configure --prefix=/new/path $OSXOPTS; make; make install > > Oh, one other detail. It is often a good idea to tell the new aclocal where > to find m4 files installed in the normal locations. This involves creating a > dirlist file. > > http://www.gnu.org/s/hello/manual/automake/Macro-Search-Path.html > > >> The proper versions of everything are found because they are first in PATH. >> >> The OSXOPTS for libtool is needed because Apple ships another program named >> libtool. GNU libtool is renamed to glibtool (IIRC). There are a couple >> ways of effecting this. IIRC, I use a setting that prefixes the program >> with a g (something like --program-prefix=g). > > Later, > Daniel >
