Hi, On Mon, 28 Apr 2008, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > After installing the build-dependencies and additionally cvs and > libpam0g the build dies quite early with: > remaxp:/tmp/dpkg# make -f debian/rules build > dh_testdir > autoreconf -v -i > autoreconf: Entering directory `.' > autoreconf: running: autopoint > autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 --output=aclocal.m4t > aclocal: macro `AM_PROG_MKDIR_P' required but not defined > aclocal: macro `AM_PROG_MKDIR_P' required but not defined > autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1 > make: *** [configure] Fehler 1 > > Is there some document describing how to (re-)build dpkg from sources?
I don't know of any such document. You need autoconf/automake/gettext and possibly other related tools (never quite sure of the exact list, discovered the other day that cvs was really needed due to some gettext macros extracting data from a compressed CVS repository). It looks like that automake is missing in your case (AM_ is the prefix for automake macros). Note that the build-dependencies do not list those as they are not needed when you use tarballs containing a "./configure" ready to use and we generate those with "make dist" when we release a new dpkg. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
