Curtis L. Olson wrote:
> As of version 0.8.0, "configure.in" no longer exists. It is replaced
> by "configure.ac". As long as you run "autogen.sh" first, you should
> be fine. Otherwise, make sure you have at least automake-1.5 and
> autoconf-2.52 installed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Curt.
>
>
> William Earnest writes:
>
>>The Bergrens wrote:
>>
>>>Sounds like you need the perl module called "strict" to be installed.
>>>Or maybe your perl installation is hosed.
>>>You can get perl modules from cpan.org, I think.
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "William Earnest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>To: "Devel Flightgear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:38 PM
>>>Subject: [Flightgear-devel] Another automake victim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hello all,
>>>>
>>>>Came back from vacation to find the new release and lots of discussion.
>>>>Read everything (I think), and managed to get CVS caught up, including
>>>>the new SimGear path. Updated plib without problem, then went to SimGear
>>>>to continue. At the autogen.sh step, got the following pile of errors,
>>>>which has me rather puzzled. Supposedly have automake 1.5 installed, as
>>>>well as autoconf 2.52. Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>>[wde@hulk SG]$ ./autogen.sh
>>>>Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/share/automake
>>>>/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503
>>>>/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005
>>>>.) at /usr/share/automake/Automake/Struct.pm line 29.
>>>>BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
>>>>/usr/share/automake/Automake/Struct.pm line 29.
>>>>BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/automake line 39.
>>>>./autogen.sh: test: -lt: unary operator expected
>>>>Host info: Linux i686
>>>>Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/share/automake
>>>>/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503
>>>>/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005
>>>>.) at /usr/share/automake/Automake/Struct.pm line 29.
>>>>BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
>>>>/usr/share/automake/Automake/Struct.pm line 29.
>>>>BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/automake line 39.
>>>> automake: ()
>>>>
>>>>Running aclocal
>>>>Running autoheader
>>>>/usr/bin/m4: configure.in: No such file or directory
>>>>ERROR: autoheader didn't create simgear/simgear_config.h.in!
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>> Bill Earnest wde3@ptd-dot-net Linux Powered Allentown, PA, USA
>>>>Computers, like air conditioners, work poorly with Windows open.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>>Hi again,
>>
>> Thanks for the clue, I finally found some remains of a previous perl
>>installation that had eluded me before. That got rid of the odd
>>compilation errors. I am now left with this:
>>
>>Host info: Linux i686
>> automake: 1.5 (15)
>>
>>Running aclocal
>>Running autoheader
>>/usr/bin/m4: configure.in: No such file or directory
>>ERROR: autoheader didn't create simgear/simgear_config.h.in!
>>
>> In flightGear, I get a similar complaint about configure.in, but the
>>setup continues, and the "ready to configure" stage is reached. This has
>>me hopeful that there is not too much else before I can catch up.
>>Starting to suffer from sim withdrawal with nothing working. :-)
>>
>>--
>> Bill Earnest wde3@ptd-dot-net Linux Powered Allentown, PA, USA
>>Computers, like air conditioners, work poorly with Windows open.
>>
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>
Hooray!!!
SimGear is now compiling. I was confused by the autogen dying before it
got to calling autoconf, not thinking of unseen internal dependencies. I
may get off the ground yet! :-)
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Bill Earnest wde3@ptd-dot-net Linux Powered Allentown, PA, USA
Computers, like air conditioners, work poorly with Windows open.
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