[vox-tech] using autoconf (errors)

[Peter Jay Salzman]

hi dave,

ok, i'm now writing this knowing a bit more about autoconf than i did
yesterday.

do you mean that i should do something like:

   aclocal && autoheader && autoconf

the docs say that aclocal should output a file named something like
aclocal.m4 (or something like that) which is used with configure.in and
autoconf to generate a configure script.

however, aclocal isn't producing any files or output.

also, the types of errors that autoconf is generating are stranger to me
today than they were yesterday.  something like AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR should
be in *every* configure.in file.  i can't imagine this macro function
being undefined.

can you spoonfeed me about what i need to be doing with aclocal?

thanks!
pete


begin Dave Peticolas <dave@krondo.com> 
> 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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