RE - Installing on Mandrake 9.1

[Derek Atkins]

Well, what do you get from "autoconf --version"?

-derek

Mike Chandler <mailmanmike at cox.net> writes:

> Thanks for your reply, I have updated my Gnucash CVS on 05/08/03, and now I 
> get this error:
> ---------------------------------------------------
> [mike at localhost gnucash]$ ./autogen.sh
> ./autogen.sh: line 1: autoconf-2.53: command not found
> 
> **Error**: You must have at least version 2.53 of autoconf installed.
> Please check your distribution or the appropriate web site.
> 
> ./autogen.sh: line 1: autoheader-2.53: command not found
> 
> **Error**: You must have at least version 2.53 of autoheader installed.
> Please check your distribution or the appropriate web site.
> 
> **Error**: You must have `autoconf' installed to compile GnuCash.
> Download the appropriate package for your distribution,
> or get the source tarball at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/
> [mike at localhost gnucash]$
> -----------------------------------------------------
> The problem is that I have
>  autoconf2.5-2.57-4mdk.noarch.rpm
> and
>  automake1.7-1.7.4-1mdk.noarch.rpm
> 
> These are, I think, the latest available for Mandrake9.1, so I guess I need to 
> wait till they are updated?
> Thanks again.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Yep, this was just introduced.  basically, we're going to require
> > autoconf-2.53+ and automake-1.5+ RSN.  I plan to install a fix in CVS
> > (hopefully tomorrow) to search for that.
> >
> > Thanks for reporting.
> >
> > -derek
> >
> > Mike Chandler <mailmanmike at cox.net> writes:
> > > OK, this error no longer exists, after updating cvs several days later.
> > > New error is as follows:
> > >
> > > Running automake --gnu  ...
> > > Running autoconf ...
> > > configure.in:69: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow
> > > cross compiling
> > > configure.in:77: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow
> > > cross compiling
> > > configure.in:213: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow
> > > cross compiling
> > > configure.in:232: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow
> > > cross compiling
> > > configure.in:972: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow
> > > cross compiling
> > > autoconf: Undefined macros:
> > > ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_LANG_PUSH
> > > ***BUG in Autoconf--please report*** AC_LANG_POP
> > > **Error**: autoconf failed.
> > > [mike at localhost gnucash]$
> > >
> > > So it  says 'please report', is this the right place to do this?
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