Once I realized it was automake, I grabbed the latest automake-1.10.1, installed it, put the sinclude back in the configure.in file... then ./autogen.sh worked fine.
I guess automake 1.9.2 was too early for sinclude? Michael A. McCartney wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] https://wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
