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Hi Dave.
On 07/26/2012 04:42 PM, David Lowe wrote:
> Background information: on OSX, the preferred distribution method for
> libraries is the 'framework' which is a click-and-draggable object
> that contains headers and libraries together. The standard location
> for these is: /Library/Frameworks/
>
> I have the latest version of officially provided SDL runtime
> libraries here:
>
> Darlene-Lowes-Mac-mini:/ (222) $ ls /Library/Frameworks/SDL*
> /Library/Frameworks/SDL.framework:
> Headers Resources SDL Versions
>
> /Library/Frameworks/SDL_image.framework:
> Frameworks Headers Resources SDL_image Versions
>
> /Library/Frameworks/SDL_mixer.framework:
> Frameworks Headers Resources SDL_mixer Versions
>
> However, automake ignores them, leading to:
>
> checking for sdl-config... no
> checking for SDL - version >= 1.1.4... no
> *** The sdl-config script installed by SDL could not be found
> *** If SDL was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
> *** your path, or set the SDL_CONFIG environment variable to the
> *** full path to sdl-config.
> configure: error: specified client 'sdl' not configurable (SDL >= 1.1.4 is
> needed (www.libsdl.org))
>
> The above portion of a log came from a recent attempt to install
> Freeciv-SDL from source. I will attach the full copies of configure.ac
> and Makefile.am that were generated during that attempt, as i don't
> now enough to be sure what i could trim out without removing useful
> information. In any case, the failure is repeatable across a range
> of versions of OSX with these frameworks. I did once grab the SDL
> sources and do the usual configure/make. The resulting installation
> does not create a framework, but automake does find the libraries.
>
> Relevant versions:
>
> automake: 1.10
> SDL: 1.2.14
> OSX: 10.6.8
>
> Desired results: I would prefer that AM_PATH_SDL be upgraded to
> find and use such frameworks. Failing that, it would be nice if
> someone could suggest an alternate test so that the framework
> can be used in the configure process of the Freeciv project.=
>
Well, this problem has nothing to do with Automake, because the macro
AM_PATH_SDL is *not* provided by Automake -- although the fact that the
macro name starts with 'AM_' confusingly suggest otherwise.
IMNSHO that choice of a name it is a serious mistake by whoever is
defining/distributing that macro, for two reasons:
1. it gives the wrong impression that the macro is provided
by or related to Automake -- not true.
2. It invades the 'AM_' namespace, that should be reserved
for automake macros.
Back to you problem: a google search *suggests* that AM_PATH_SDL is
provided by the SDL project itself:
<http://wiki.libsdl.org/moin.cgi/FAQLinux>
<http://lists.libsdl.org/pipermail/commits-libsdl.org/2010-April/002622.html>
<http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-1.2.15/sdl.m4>
So you might want to report the issue to them.
Regards, and good luck,
Stefano
