> From: Kimberley Burchett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Aaron M. Renn wrote:
> > Kimberley Burchett wrote:
> > > I got the latest sources from CVS and noticed I had neither Makefile
> > > nor configure script, so I ran autoconf. autoconf ran fine, but the
> > > generated configure script dies with this error:
> > >
> > > ./configure: line 835: syntax error near unexpected token
> `AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)'
> >
> > You need to run "aclocal ; autoheader ; automake ; autoconf".
> The first two
> > commands are needed to create the aclocal.m4 file which should
> contain the
> > macros you are missing. Let me know if you need more help.
>
> There already was an aclocal.m4 in CVS, so I didn't run aclocal.
> However I just ran it and it errors with:
>
> aclocal: configure.in: 20: macro `AM_DISABLE_STATIC' not found in library
>
> kim
>
I remember having similar problems. It has to do with the default rules for
automake and its ilk. I remember having to place a file with macros for one
of the programs (possibly libtool) into automake's configuration path.
Sorry about not being more specific; perhaps this will jog someone's memory
who *does* remember more than I do.
--John
