Hi Paul. On 07/31/2012 05:43 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > > Alas, the git master doesn't build for me. When I > try to check it out and run './bootstrap' (this is > on Fedora 15, by the way, not Solaris) it fails > with the tail end of the log being as follows: > > prefix=lib/ > running: AUTOPOINT=true LIBTOOLIZE=true autoreconf --verbose --install > --no-recursive -I m4 > autoreconf: Entering directory `.' > autoreconf: running: true > autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 -I m4 > autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing > autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool > autoreconf: running: /home/eggert/opt/Linux-x86_64/autoconf-2.69/bin/autoconf > --include=m4 > configure.ac:125: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_GNU_M4 > If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow. > See the Autoconf documentation. > autoreconf: /home/eggert/opt/Linux-x86_64/autoconf-2.69/bin/autoconf failed > with exit status: 1 > ./bootstrap: autoreconf failed > > This used to happen to me as well. You should run "git submodule init" and/or "git submodule update" explicitly after the first clone of the Bison repo.
HTH, Stefano
