it was running aclocal ... here's the version for that isn't aclocal part of autoconf?
$ aclocal --version aclocal (GNU automake) 1.9.2 Written by Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copyright (C) 2004 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. Michael A. McCartney wrote: > ./autogen.sh would not work at first saying that > autoconf had to be 2.60 or later. So I had to grab > and install autoconf-2.63 and m4-1.4.12 > > I read and understand your explanation but > it's what I had to do to get the build going... > > $ m4 --version > m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.12 > Copyright (C) 2008 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. > > > $ autoconf --version > autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.63 > Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later > <http://gnu.org/licenses/old-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 David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille. > > > > Guy Harris wrote: > >> On Nov 14, 2008, at 5:14 PM, Michael A. McCartney wrote: >> >> >>> Michael A. McCartney wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Building on RHL4, upgraded to latest source >>>> and now get the following... >>>> >>>> $ ./autogen.sh >>>> Checking for python. >>>> aclocal -I ./aclocal-fallback >>>> configure.in:1562: file `plugins/Custom.m4' does not exist >>>> >>>> >>> @@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ >>> dnl Save the cacheable configure results to config.cache before >>> recursing >>> AC_CACHE_SAVE >>> >>> -sinclude(plugins/Custom.m4) dnl >>> +####sinclude(plugins/Custom.m4) dnl >>> >>> >> To quote >> >> http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/manual/m4.html >> >> section 9.1: >> >> If file does not exist, is a directory, or cannot otherwise be read, >> the expansion is void, and include will fail with an error while >> sinclude is silent. The empty string counts as a file that does not >> exist. >> >> What part of "is silent" does the version of M4 that comes with RHL4 >> not understand? What does "m4 --version" print on your RHL4 system? >> >> (It works on my Mac OS X 10.5.x system, with GNU M4 1.4.6, even >> without plugins/Custom.m4; presumably the intent is to allow somebody >> to create a Custom.m4 file if they need it for a plugin, and have it >> be included if it's present, without *requiring* it to be there.) >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireshark-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wireshark-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev > > _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] https://wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
