Hi, I had the same problem. The problem is that the aclocal directory in /usr/local/share or something doesn't get the m4 macro files that you can find in e.g. /usr/shara/aclocal and it's there the build system looks. Maybe there is a better fix dunno.
/Stefan On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Guilers, > > My first post on this list, so please go easy. > > I am trying to build guile from repository on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I cloned git > repo > and checked out stable branch. > > tried to run "autgen.sh" > > First, problem automake version. > > It seems to build guile I need to have automake 1.12 atleast. > > ╭───── > │okhotsk19:~/repos/scm/guile$ /usr/bin/automake --version > │automake (GNU automake) 1.11.3 > │Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > │License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later > <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html> > │This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. > │There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > │ > │Written by Tom Tromey <[email protected]> > │ and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[email protected]>. > ╰───── > > I feel that dependency is somewhat harsh given that ubuntu 12.04 is the > latest LTS. > > > Any way I compiled automake from source, > > ╭───── > │okhotsk19:~/repos/scm/guile$ automake --version > │automake (GNU automake) 1.12.4 > │Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > │License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later > <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html> > │This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. > │There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > │ > │Written by Tom Tromey <[email protected]> > │ and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[email protected]>. > ╰───── > > Now, I run autogen.sh gives errors. here is shell log. > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > okhotsk19:~/repos/scm/guile$ ./autogen.sh > > autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69 > Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later > <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html> > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > > Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille. > > automake (GNU automake) 1.12.4 > Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later > <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html> > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > > Written by Tom Tromey <[email protected]> > and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[email protected]>. > > libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.2 > Written by Gordon Matzigkeit <[email protected]>, 1996 > > Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > > m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.16 > Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > > Written by Rene' Seindal. > > flex 2.5.35 > > autoreconf: Entering directory `.' > autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext > autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4 > configure.ac:881: warning: macro 'AM_GNU_GETTEXT' not found in library > autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing > autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool > autoreconf: running: /home/yagnesh/local/bin/autoconf --force > configure.ac:61: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL > If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow. > See the Autoconf documentation. > configure.ac:80: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN > configure.ac:81: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL > configure.ac:908: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT > autoreconf: /home/yagnesh/local/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1 > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Thanks. > -- > ఎందరో మహానుభావులు అందరికి వందనములు. > YYR > >
