JC

Sorry but no go: I tried on FreeBSD 4.9 and got this error during the
.../unix/configure step:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds$ cd ../unix
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds$ make distclean
....
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds$ aclocal
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/unix$ libtoolize -f -c
Putting files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `scripts'.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/unix$ autoconf
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/unix$ cd ../builds/
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds$ ../unix/configure
--prefix=`pwd`/../../install
checking for Python configuration... not enabled
checking for Tcl headers... not enabled
checking for building with threads... no (default)
checking for g++... g++
checking for C++ compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking build system type... i386-unknown-freebsdelf4.9
checking host system type... i386-unknown-freebsdelf4.9
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/libexec/elf/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/libexec/elf/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
loading cache /dev/null within ltconfig
ltconfig: you must specify a host type if you use `--no-verify'
Try `ltconfig --help' for more information.
configure: error: libtool configure failed
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds$ make
make: no target to make.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds$

Really, is there a huge reason why you rely on this configure thing? What
extra essential functionality is provided by libtool?

--JYL

> Jacob Levy wrote:
>
>> Has anyone successfully built Metakit 2.4.9.3 on FreeBSD 4.9? If so,
>> can
>> you help me with this (probably) pilot error on my part?
>
> [...]
>> /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libmk4.lai
>> /home/users/j/jy/jyljyljyl/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds/../../
>> install/lib/libmk4.la
>> install: .libs/libmk4.lai: No such file or directory
>> *** Error code 71
>>
>> Stop in /home/users/j/jy/jyljyljyl/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds.
>
> Looks like libtool/autoconf madness.
>
> I suggest:
>
>       make distclean
>       cd ../unix
>       aclocal
>       libtoolize -f -c
>       autoconf
>       cd ../builds
>       ../unix/configure
>       make
>       make install
>
> I'm sorely tempted to throw out everything related to autoconf,
> libtool, and even make.  Older versions of Metakit used to have the
> following build instructions:
>       gcc -O2 -shared -I../include ../src/*.cpp -o libmk4.so
> And I sure miss those times.  Things use to be *simple* (does anyone
> remember that concept?).
>
> -jcw
>
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