[postgis-devel] configure error whilebuildingWKTRaster onUbuntu8.10

[Mateusz Loskot]

Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
> 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.

It may be my fault to expect that everyone who is going to build stuff
from sources grabbed directly form SVN/CVS must have install all development
packages.


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Mateusz Loskot
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