Re: autoconf-2.13

[kmb <kmberry bellatlantic net>]

When I try to run autoconf on glib from cvs.gnome.org it complains I don't have
autoconf-2.13 so I rpm -e autoconf-2.12-981127-1a.noarch.rpm, which is from
 R5.  I got autoconf-2.13 from ftp.gnu.org and it compiles.   Next, I run it in the
 cvs glib:
[root@localhost glib]# autoconf
FATAL ERROR: Autoconf version 2.13 or higher is required for this script
[root@localhost glib]#      
[root@localhost glib]# rpm -e autoconf
[root@localhost glib]#  
[root@localhost autoconf-2.13]# ./configure
[root@localhost autoconf-2.13]# make
make: Nothing to be done for `all'.
[root@localhost autoconf-2.13]# make install
[root@localhost glib]# ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
../configure: line 584: syntax error near unexpected token `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE,'
../configure: line 584: `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE, $VERSION, no-define)'
[root@localhost glib]# autoconf
bash: /usr/bin/autoconf: No such file or directory
[root@localhost glib]# ln -s /usr/local/bin/autoconf /usr/bin/autoconf
[root@localhost glib]# autoconf
configure.in:171: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross compiling
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I know virtually nothing about computer programming but after getting kde
running I am trying to get gnome runnung too.  So far only a few programs out
of the whole directory compiled and they aren't enough to get started.  My rpms
are old.  Is this the correct way to build something from cvs?

kmb