On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 09:35:19AM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 04:24:09PM +0000, we recorded a bogon-computron > collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/sources/xastir$ aclocal --version > > aclocal (GNU automake) 1.4-p6 > > That's really old, indicating a very outdated automake package. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/sources/xastir$ automake --version > > automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p6 > > Yep. > > Per README.CVS, you need at least automake version 1.6.3 and autoconf 2.53 > to build CVS xastir. You've got a recent autoconf, but a woefully out of > date automake (the automake I use for xastir is 1.9.6). > > The best bet for doing this without mucking with your system's autotools is > to download automake and autoconf sources (www.gnu.org will get you started), > then configure them with "--prefix" options so they go to some > nonstandard place (say, ~/src/xastir/bin -- this is what I've done on some > particularly rude systems), then build and install them there. It's the > work of a few seconds, as these tools are small. Once you've got that done, > just put that nonstandard place earlier in your path than the system's > autoconf/automake location, and you should be good to go.
This, by the way, is documented in FAQ #3.1, "Why do I get errors in bootstrap?" for future reference, since it is indeed a frequently encountered problem. -- Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
