On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Manav Bhatia <bhatiama...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
>    I have been using libmesh on a local cluster for a couple of years now.
> After upgrading to the latest version on github, configure runs fine, but
> make is giving me the following error:
>
> -bash-3.1$ make
> CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd . && /bin/sh
> /cavs/projects/sams/codes/raptor/libmesh/libmesh/build-aux/missing
> aclocal-1.15 -I m4
> /cavs/projects/sams/codes/raptor/libmesh/libmesh/build-aux/missing: line
> 81: aclocal-1.15: command not found
> WARNING: 'aclocal-1.15' is missing on your system.
>          You should only need it if you modified 'acinclude.m4' or
>          'configure.ac' or m4 files included by 'configure.ac'.
>          The 'aclocal' program is part of the GNU Automake package:
>          <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake>
>          It also requires GNU Autoconf, GNU m4 and Perl in order to run:
>          <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf>
>          <http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/>
>          <http://www.perl.org/>
> make: *** [aclocal.m4] Error 127
>
> Running bootstrap gives the following error:
>
> -bash-3.1$ ./bootstrap
> Autoconf Version 2.59 too old, building a new one...
> Indaequate Libtool (ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.5.22 (1.1220.2.365
> 2005/12/18 22:14:06)), building a new one...
> Automake Version 1.9 too old, building a new one...
> Inadequate autotools in your path, I'll build new ones...
>   building autoconf-2.69 in
> /cavs/projects/sams/codes/raptor/libmesh/libmesh/contrib/autotools
> configure: error: no acceptable m4 could be found in $PATH.
> GNU M4 1.4.6 or later is required; 1.4.16 or newer is recommended.
> GNU M4 1.4.15 uses a buggy replacement strstr on some systems.
> Glibc 2.9 - 2.12 and GNU M4 1.4.11 - 1.4.15 have another strstr bug.
>   building automake-1.15 in
> /cavs/projects/sams/codes/raptor/libmesh/libmesh/contrib/autotools
> configure: error: Autoconf 2.65 or better is required.
>   building libtool-2.4.6 in
> /cavs/projects/sams/codes/raptor/libmesh/libmesh/contrib/autotools
> configure: error: no acceptable m4 could be found in $PATH.
> GNU M4 1.4.6 or later is required; 1.4.16 or newer is recommended.
> GNU M4 1.4.15 uses a buggy replacement strstr on some systems.
> Glibc 2.9 - 2.12 and GNU M4 1.4.11 - 1.4.15 have another strstr bug.
> autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
> autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
> aclocal:configure.ac:72: warning: macro `AM_SILENT_RULES' not found in
> library
> configure.ac:8: error: Autoconf version 2.69 or higher is required
> configure.ac:8: the top level
> autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 63
> aclocal: autom4te failed with exit status: 63
> autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 63
>
>
> Short of building the latest autotools on this machine, is there something
> I can do to the source to still use the system installed autotools?
>
> Would greatly appreciate advice on this.
>

We fixed this a while ago... by latest version do you mean 1.0.0 or git
master branch?

If you run ./bootstrap once, it should fix the problem.

-- 
John
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