[postgis-devel] configure error while buildingWKTRaster onUbuntu8.10

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

Mateusz Loskot wrote:

> You're getting this error for PostGIS because of the same reason it occurred for WKTRaster - this is lack of libtoolize'ation of the sources. The libtoolize is usually called in autogen.sh script.
> I have no idea why PostGIS' autogen.sh does not call libtoolize. The PostGIS autotools rely on libtool,
> so  it should. Autotools best practice does recommend it:
> 
> "A typical bootstrap might also run libtoolize or autoheader"
> 
> http://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_43.html

Yeah, I think this could be my fault - I suspect it works here because I 
have the libtool development packages installed on my machine. If it 
works, feel free to add it into autogen.sh on trunk.


ATB,

Mark.

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