Re: how to run automake/conf?

[Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn at redhat dot com>]

Anders Lindgren wrote:
>   Anyone want to share a clue with an autotools newbie?
>
> [0] /usr/share/aclocal/pstoedit.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of 
> AM_PATH_PSTOEDIT [...]
> /usr/share/aclocal/libsmi.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of 
> AM_PATH_LIBSMI
> /usr/share/aclocal/libmcrypt.m4:17: warning: underquoted definition of 
> AM_PATH_LIBMCRYPT
> /usr/share/aclocal/cppunit.m4:4: warning: underquoted definition of 
> AM_PATH_CPPUNIT
>
> [1] Makefile.am: required file `../../../../compile' not found

The "compile not found" is due to an inane check IMO that the newer 
autotools added.  The file can be added by running automake with 
--add-missing.  Why this isn't simply internalized or handled silently, 
I have no idea.

You should have the following two files in your newlib/libc/sys/xxxx 
directory: configure.in and Makefile.am.  Copy them from a local 
sys/yyyy sibling and alter them appropriately according to the files 
inside your sys directory.  If configure.in is doing fancy stuff, 
consider picking another sibling.

Now, cd to newlib/libc/sys/xxxx.  There do:

  aclocal -I ../../..
  autoconf
  automake --cygnus --add-missing Makefile

You should have autoconf 2.59 and automake 1.9.6 installed or available 
via your path.  I personally have autoconf-2.59-12 and 
automake-1.9.6-2.1 installed on my system.

If that still doesn't work, send me your sys/xxxx directory tarred up 
(no proprietary code) and I'll see if there is something wrong with the 
files.

-- Jeff J.