Re: GLib 1.2.10 CVS doesn't build with recent tools

[Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik Sun COM>]

On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, [iso-8859-1] Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote:

> Hi. Possibly with other GNOME modules.
> 
> I have autoconf 2.50, automake 1.4-p4, and libtool 1.4.
> 

Well... I woulld really suggest sticking with autoconf 2.13 for now.

> % ./autogen.sh
> I am going to run ./configure with no arguments - if you wish
> to pass any to it, please specify them on the ./autogen.sh command line.
> autoheader: error: shell error while sourcing /tmp/ah13733/traces.sh
> configure.in:20: /usr/bin/m4: Non-numeric argument to built-in `divert'
> configure.in:80: warning: AC_CANONICAL_HOST invoked multiple times
> configure.in:84: /usr/bin/m4: Non-numeric argument to built-in `divert'
> configure.in:412: warning: AC_CACHE_VAL(glib_cv_sane_realloc, ...): suspicious presence of an
> AC_DEFINE in the second argument,
> where no actions should be taken
> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> ...
> checking whether ln -s works... yes
> loading cache /dev/null within ltconfig
> /usr/local/src/CVS/X/GNOME/glib/ltconfig: .: /dev/null: not a regular file

AAAHHHHH!!!! /dev/null can and should never be a regular file!

> ltconfig: you must specify a host type if you use `--no-verify'
> Try `ltconfig --help' for more information.
> configure: error: libtool configure failed
> 
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	Sander

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