On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 10:36, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > i'm trying to learn autoconf by following mark galassi's tutorial. > the source code i'm working with already has a vanilla makefile. > > here's my first stab (from top level): > > p@satan% cp Makefile Makefile.orig > p@satan% mv Makefile Makefile.in > p@satan% autoscan > p@satan% mv configure.scan configure.in > p@satan% autoheader > p@satan% autoconf > autoconf: Undefined macros: > configure.in:22:AC_FUNC_ERROR_AT_LINE > configure.in:23:AC_FUNC_MALLOC > configure.in:27:AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) > configure.in:3:AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([xpose.c]) > p@satan% ./configure > configure: error: can not find sources in . or ..
It looks like you might be missing a call to aclocal. > as usual, the configure script is a big fat mess and difficult to > follow. It's almost impossible to read those, I wouldn't bother. > i fully realize i gave practically no information. sending a tarball to > the list is a huge no-no, but i'm hoping that some autoconf guru will > have some tips to help me out with these error messages. > > related question: > > i have no desire to read 50+ pages of autoconf info pages. i've done a > websearch for a "quick and dirty introduction", but other than galassi's > tutorial, couldn't find much. anyone know of a pragmatic intro to > autoconf? I don't know about on-line introductions, but the book "GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool" is a great source of information. Automake is pretty much a breeze to use once you figure it out. The other two ... well ... automake is a breeze to use :) dave
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