I found this very useful: http://wiki.whamcloud.com/display/PUB/Walk-thru-+Build+Lustre+1.8+on+CentOS+5.5+or+5.6+from+Whamcloud+git
The sh ./autogen.sh step got rid of those funny undefined macros and whatnot. -mb On Jun 28, 2011, at 2:19 PM, chris (fool) mccraw wrote: > i'm sure i'm doing something dumb, but i can't get 1.8.6.80 (git tag > v1_8_6_80 from whamcloud's git) to even configure. i was trying to > use the build instructions from sun's lustre site > (http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Patchless_Client). > > if i'm using a bad version or someone can point me to the place to > download 1.8.6 from sun, i'd be thrilled to try that. i just heard a > lot of talk about 1.8.6 on this list and was hoping to use it but > couldn't find it at sun. > > here's what went down: > > autoconf - tried v2.13 and v2.50 and got the same result with both - > errors on first run, success on second run: > > root@bigbird49:~/lustre-release# autoconf2.50 > configure.ac:6: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONDITIONAL > If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow. > See the Autoconf documentation. > configure.ac:14: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE > root@bigbird49:~/lustre-release# autoconf2.50 > root@bigbird49:~/lustre-release# > > then configure --with-linux=/usr/src/linux (which in my case happens > to be a 2.6.32-32 ubuntu-patched kernel source tree) > > root@bigbird49:~/lustre-release# ./configure --with-linux=/usr/src/linux > configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-linux > ./configure: line 1776: syntax error near unexpected token `LDISKFS_ENABLED,' > ./configure: line 1776: `AM_CONDITIONAL(LDISKFS_ENABLED, false)' > root@bigbird49:~/lustre-release# > > > so there were errors on the autoconf, and configure didn't recognize > with --with-linux directive, and then failed to run anyway. > > help? & thanks in advance! > _______________________________________________ > Lustre-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss -- +----------------------------------------------- | Michael Barnes | | Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility | Scientific Computing Group | 12000 Jefferson Ave. | Newport News, VA 23606 | (757) 269-7634 +----------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Lustre-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss
