Re: configure.ac:27: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_IF

[Jason Curl]

ying lcs wrote:
> On 8/16/07, Jason Curl <address@hidden> wrote:
>   
> > ying lcs wrote:
> >     
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am running '.bootstrap' of VLC source under RHEL4.  But I am getting
> > > the following error:
> > >
> > > I have 'automake 1.9.6' 'autoconf 2.61' 'aclocal 1.9.6' 'm4 1.4.8' in
> > > my system:
> > >
> > >       
> > I've got autoconf-2.61, libtool-1.5.24, automake-1.10 and it works for
> > my on SuSE 10.0
> >     
>
> Were you able to run '.bootstrap' of vlc successfully?
>   
Of course, that's what I meant by it worked for me. It complained during 
the "configure" stage I didn't have the "mad" library, but confirmed 
that the bootstrap works for me.
> > > Copying file po/Makevars.template
> > > + rm -f po/Makevars.template
> > > + aclocal-1.9 -I /root/build-bin/share/aclocal-1.9 -I
> > > /root/build-bin/share/aclocal -I /root/build-bin/share/autoconf -I
> > > /root/video-dep-bin/share/aclocal -I m4
> > > + autoconf
> > > configure.ac:1: error: possibly undefined macro: dnl
> > >      If this token and others are legitimate, please use
> > > m4_pattern_allow.
> > >      See the Autoconf documentation.
> > >
> > >       
> > This line itself is pretty suspicious. dnl is usually used for comments.
> >     
> > > configure.ac:27: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_IF
> > > configure.ac:41: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE
> > > configure.ac:78: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR
> > > configure.ac:81: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_WARN
> > > configure.ac:181: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_ARG_ENABLE
> > > configure.ac:379: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_LIB
> > > configure.ac:449: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_HEADERS
> > > configure.ac:2089: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PATH_PROG
> > > configure.ac:5094: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PATH_PROGS
> > >
> > > Can someone please help me about how/what can i do to fix my problem?
> > Seeing as you're trying to compile somebody else's program and not
> > developing your own package, the VLC group may be able to help you faster.
> >     
>
> I tried. But they don't know the answer either.
>   
> > I'd probably open the ./configure.ac file and check for obvious errors,
> > try to debug it and do 'autoreconf' on it to figure out where the
> > problems are. Check the autoconf manual here:
> > http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/
> >
> > Check also that your autotools are installed correctly.
> >     
>
> how can i check that?
>   
Make a very simple autoconf script and test it. Or try running 
"autoreconf" on some other opensource projects to see if you have 
success or not. As I said, I'm using a stock standard build of SuSE 10.0 
with my own installed versions of libtool, automake and autoconf (first 
of course uninstalling those provided by the system cd's).
>   
> > But if all you're trying to do is to compile the software for RHEL4,
> > just do a "./configure; make".
> >     
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > >
> > >       
Did you try to just ./configure? This should work as it's the goal of 
autotools not to have to install them except for a development environment.