Re: [Planner Dev] [PATCH]: cleanups

["lincoln phipps openmutual net" <lincoln phipps openmutual net>]

Tomasz Kłoczko wrote:

> On Thu, 20 May 2004, Richard Hult wrote:
> [..]
>
> > What is there to know except that it doesn't work with automake less
> > than 1.7? FWIW, Lincoln posted his errors on Monday.
> >
> > As I've said, what we need is just to make 1.7 the required version, and
> > then make it pass distcheck with 1.7+ (which is doesn't do for me at the
> > moment).
>
>
> Sorry my mistake (I'm ommit this post).
>
> aclocal: macro `AM_PATH_PYTHON' required but not defined
> aclocal: configure.in: 202: macro `AM_PATH_PYTHON' not found in library
>
> python.m4 with AM_PATH_PYTHON aclocal macro is automake part and was 
> introduced in automake 1.7.3 or even before.
> *If* above error message is displayed it mean lack of python.m4 in 
> `aclocal --print-ac-dir` (usualy /usr/share/aclocal) direcory in Lincoln 
> system and this can also mean it is not bug in autogen.sh.
> Repeat .. we don't talk about buggy AM_PATH_PYTHON abut about *lack* of 
> this aclocal macro in system resources.
>
> I can only suspect but above can mean Linconl have in your system two
> version automake. One 1.7 which have python.m4 in correct path and another
> (greater or not) version without this file and this is why run
> {aclocal,automake}-1.7 works correctly.
> Lincoln: can you ones more check your system ?
> Can you show output of two commands on your system ?
>
> $ aclocal --print-ac-dir; aclocal-1.7 --print-ac-dir

I checked my system (Mandrake) and its got both packages....

automake-1.4.23p6mdk and automake1.7-1.7.6-1mdk installed.
This is a parallel install that when I look in the RPM
comments I see that some time back whoever did the
packaging had got 1.4 and 1.7 to be in parallel.

Also checking the files provided by the 1.4 package and
yes there is no aclocal python.m4 file provided this is
only in my RPM for the 1.7.

The commands.....
[lincoln penguin lincoln]$ aclocal --print-ac-dir;aclocal-1.7 --print-ac-dir

returns.....

/usr/share/aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal

I wouldn't have played at all with these two packages
from the default Mandrake build as far as I can remember
so others would probaly have this kind of problem.

It may be that Mandrake packaging isn't actually correct
with what other builds have and quite possible broken
(its happened before !) compared to others but it whats
in the field so I guess we'd have to  work around it for
the moment and document the problem and pass that back
to Mandrake.

Rgds,
Lincoln.

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