Need some help building gnucash from svn

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Schuyler J Wavrek I <swavrek at wavrek.com>:

> I've been asked to check the resolution on a bug I submitted some time
> ago.  So, I want to build a current version of gnucash.  I previously
> successfully built g-wrap and gnucash 1.9... from the tar files.  I've
> got an up2date FC5 system.  Here's the steps and the problems I
> encountered:
>
> export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/
> svn checkout http://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/trunk gnucash
> cd trunk
> ./autogen.sh
>
> It suggested I run aclocal, which produced the warnings:

It also tells you to ignore any suggestion to run aclocal by hand.
Just run autogen.sh and then run configure.

> aclocal:configure.in:232: warning: macro `AM_GUILE_VERSION_CHECK' not
> found in library
> aclocal:configure.in:247: warning: macro `AM_PATH_GWRAP' not found in
> library
>
> ./configure ran OK.
>
> make failed:
>
> cd . && /bin/sh /mnt/USBe/swavrek/trunk/missing --run automake-1.9 --gnu
> cd . && /bin/sh /mnt/USBe/swavrek/trunk/missing --run autoconf
> configure.in:99: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR
>      If this token and others are legitimate, please use
> m4_pattern_allow.
>      See the Autoconf documentation.
> configure.in:236: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_SCRUB_INCLUDE
> configure.in:245: error: possibly undefined macro:
> AM_GUILE_VERSION_CHECK
> configure.in:260: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PATH_GWRAP
> configure.in:284: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_GWRAP_CHECK_GUILE
> make: *** [configure] Error 1
>
> Any suggestions on what's wrong and how I might correct it?

You ran alocal by hand.  Don't do that.

> Thanks,
> Sky

-derek

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