[Dune] installing dune with libtool 2.4.2

[Markus Blatt]

Hi,

http://www.dune-project.org/flyspray/index.php?do=details&task_id=1243
this is already fixed in the trunk, but not yet merged to the release
branch. 

at the others: Would patch 7100 break older automake/autoconf versions?

Markus

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:51:02AM +0100, Arya Fallahi wrote:
> Dear Dune support team,
> 
> Trying to install dune on a server, I faced with a problem which I would
> like to first ask you before changing the configure files in Dune.
> 
> I downloaded the latest version of dune using svn. Particularly for
> dune-common where I received the problem, I have:
> 
> svn info dune-common
> Path: dune-common
> URL: https://svn.dune-project.org/svn/dune-common/branches/release-2.2
> Repository Root: https://svn.dune-project.org/svn/dune-common
> Repository UUID: 419231ca-4411-0410-aba2-fc6cf8c4f609
> Revision: 7124
> Node Kind: directory
> Schedule: normal
> Last Changed Author: mblatt
> Last Changed Rev: 7109
> Last Changed Date: 2013-02-07 13:44:27 +0100 (Thu, 07 Feb 2013)
> 
> the version of libtool and automake I am also using is:
> 
> libtool --version
> libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.2
> Written by Gordon Matzigkeit <gord at gnu.ai.mit.edu>, 1996
> 
> automake --version
> automake (GNU automake) 1.13
> 
> when I first tried to compile dune, I received the following error message:
> 
> autoheader: error: AC_CONFIG_HEADERS not found in configure.ac
> --- Failed to build dune-common ---
> 
> Based on the quote from "info automake optional", which returns:
> 
> `AC_CONFIG_HEADERS'
>      Automake will generate rules to rebuild these headers.  Older
>      versions of Automake required the use of `AM_CONFIG_HEADER' (*note
>      Macros::); this is no longer the case today.
> 
> I changed the AM_CONFIG_HEADER to AC_CONFIG_HEADER in configure.ac by
> myself. However, I then received the following error message:
> 
> configure.ac:13: installing './config.guess'
> configure.ac:13: installing './config.sub'
> configure.ac:5: installing './install-sh'
> configure.ac:5: installing './missing'
> dune/common/Makefile.am:6: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is
> undefined
> dune/common/Makefile.am:6:   The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add
> 'LT_INIT'
> dune/common/Makefile.am:6:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and
> 'autoconf' again.
> dune/common/Makefile.am:6:   If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make sure
> dune/common/Makefile.am:6:   its definition is in aclocal's search path.
> dune/common/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'
> parallel-tests: installing './test-driver'
> lib/Makefile.am:8: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is undefined
> lib/Makefile.am:8:   The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT'
> lib/Makefile.am:8:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf'
> again.
> lib/Makefile.am:8:   If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make sure
> lib/Makefile.am:8:   its definition is in aclocal's search path.
> --- Failed to build dune-common ---
> 
> I could go further to change the configure.ac file. However, I believe the
> Dune team probably had already faced with these problems and know a better
> way to deal with it. So, my question is that should I really change the
> configure files. If yes, is it any reason why LT_INIT is not added to the
> configure.ac?
> 
> Thank you very much for your help and assistance and best regards,
> Arya

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