Michael Parker writes:
> Howdy,
>
> I'm getting the following error in the soxwrap directory when running
> configure:
>
> checking for socket in -lsocket... no
> checking for socket in -lsocket... (cached) no
> checking for connect in -lsocket... no
> checking for connect in -lsocket... (cached) no
> ./configure: line 2382: syntax error near unexpected token `else'
> ./configure: line 2382: `else'
> configure: error: /bin/sh './configure' failed for soxwrap
> sed: can't read confdefs.h: No such file or directory
>
>
> After some digging I found this in the configure script:
>
> rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
> if { (eval echo "$as_me:2370: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
> (eval $ac_link) 2>&5
> ac_status=$?
> echo "$as_me:2373: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
> (exit $ac_status); } &&
> { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
> { (eval echo "$as_me:2376: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
> (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
> ac_status=$?
> echo "$as_me:2379: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
> (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
>
> else
> echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
> cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
>
> echo "$as_me:2386: checking for inet_addr in -lnsl" >&5
> echo $ECHO_N "checking for inet_addr in -lnsl... $ECHO_C" >&6
> if test "${ac_cv_lib_nsl_inet_addr+set}" = set; then
> echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
> else
> ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
> LIBS="-lnsl $LIBS"
> cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
> #line 2394 "configure"
> #include "confdefs.h"
>
>
> Notice the missing instruction after the then in the first section.
> I'm guessing this is related to the change on 11/16 logged as "Change
> checks for nsl and socket." I'm trying to build this on a newly
> installed SuSE 7.3 system. Here are my various versions:
>
> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.52
> ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.4.1 (1.922.2.34 2001/09/03 01:22:13)
> automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p5
>
> Do I need to upgrade/downgrade autoconf?
I'd say - downgrade autoconf. I have not tested autoconf 2.52
--
Sam
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