I can't get libgloss build system to agree with me

[Ken Werner]

On Thursday 05 February 2009 02:11:56 pm Karolina Lindqvist wrote:
> I have been struggling for hours, but I just can't get the
> autoconf/automake build system to work in libgloss, as I need to add my own
> a new cpu.
>
> Here is a sample run, with an unmodified newlib-1,.17.0 tree:
> newlib-1.17.0/libgloss$ aclocal -I ..
> newlib-1.17.0/libgloss$ autoconf
> configure.in:27: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS
>       If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
>       See the Autoconf documentation.

I encountered the same error and tracked it down to the following comment of 
the libgloss/configure.in file:

# if test ${config_testsuite); then AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(testsuite); fi

After removing this line autoconf works fine.

> Karolina

Ken