I've had a quick look at what it would take to upgrade for autoconf >= 2.70 compatibility, and it is beyond what I am ready to invest, especially given that part of the code is on the road to be phased out due to the switch to cmake. Your best/only option is to uninstall your apt supplied autoconf and apt install autoconf2.69
regards, On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 10:01 AM thomas bonfort <thomas.bonf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > we seem to be using deprecated autoconf macros. It should work if you > downgrade autoconf to version 2.69 on your system. I'll look into > fixing our autoconf.ac syntax in a coming PR. > > regards, > Thomas > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 9:53 AM APM <apschwim...@apmland.de> wrote: > > > > Dear List, > > > > > > if I try to compile gdal, I got an error message, see below in this email. > > > > > > I use Debian testing and git: > > > > > > git clone https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal.git > > > > cd gdal > > > > git checkout master > > > > cd gdal > > > > ./autogen.sh > > > > > > configure.ac:6172: warning: AC_OUTPUT should be used without arguments. > > configure.ac:6172: You should run autoupdate. > > > > > > autoupdate > > > > > > configure.ac:212: warning: AC_PROG_CC_C99 is obsolete; use AC_PROG_CC > > > > configure.ac:289: warning: The preprocessor macro `STDC_HEADERS' is > > obsolete. > > Except in unusual embedded environments, you can safely include all > > ISO C90 headers unconditionally. > > > > > > ./configure --prefix=/home/user/apps/gdal/ > > > > > > make -j4 > > > > Error: > > > > /src/gdal/gdal$ ./autogen.sh > > + aclocal -I ./m4 > > configure.ac:218: error: AC_REQUIRE(): cannot be used outside of an > > AC_DEFUN'd macro > > configure.ac:218: the top level > > autom4te: error: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 > > aclocal: error: autom4te failed with exit status: 1 > > + autoconf > > configure.ac:218: error: AC_REQUIRE(): cannot be used outside of an > > AC_DEFUN'd macro > > configure.ac:218: the top level > > autom4te: error: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 > > > > > > I'm not sure if I deal with gdal/git correctly. > > > > > > Maybe you have a tipp? > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > Kind regards > > > > > > Piet > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gdal-dev mailing list > > gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org > > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev