[GRASS-dev] autotools

[Glynn Clements]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> > What versions of autoconf, automake, etc. is everyone using?  When I do
> > autoreconf, I get errors.  The generated configure script has extraneous
> > 'fi' statements.
> > 
> > It seems to be a problem with certain nested AC_CHECK_LIB() calls.
> > Removing them allows me to progress further (curses, mysql), but
> > obviously that's not the right way to go.
> > 
> > Is there some version specific autotools calls I'm not aware of?
> > 
> > autoconf: 2.59
> > automake: 1.9.6
> > libtool: 1.5
> 
> AFAIK we use autoconf-2.13 and nothing else.

That's correct. GRASS requires autoconf 2.13; later versions aren't
remotely compatible.

We don't use automake or libtool.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>