GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 615536
autogen.sh: require automake 1.7
Last modified: 2019-02-22 11:46:36 UTC
Created attachment 158492 [details] [review] autogen.sh: require automake 1.7 Building from git with automake 1.4 failed with: <-- snip --> ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --disable-gtk-doc --disable-xml-docs --disable-doxygen-docs --disable-docbook --disable-docs --disable-demos --disable-examples --disable-tests --disable-debug /scratchbox/devkits/doctools/bin/gnome-autogen.sh mchecking for autoconf >= 2.53... testing autoconf2.50... found 2.61 checking for automake = 1.4... testing automake-1.4... found 1.4 ... Running aclocal-1.4... aclocal: configure.in: 14: macro `AM_PROG_CC_C_O' not found in library make: *** [__matrix_build] Error 1 <-- snip --> I haven't tried 1.5 or 1.6, but since 1.7 was released in 2002 requiring it shouldn't be a problem.
Removed the requirement for a specific version of automake in git master. Does that accomplish what you needed?
Not sure what you are referring to, but AM_PROG_CC_C_O is still used, and it still fails for me when 1.4 gets picked up.
Fixed in master. Forgot to close this bug.