Re: automake problem/bug

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

Hi Tom,

>>> "Tom" == Tom Crane <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 Tom> cd . && automake --foreign Makefile
 Tom> aclocal.m4:473: error: m4_defn: undefined macro: _m4_divert_diversion
 Tom> autoconf/lang.m4:172: AC_LANG_RESTORE is expanded from...
 Tom> aclocal.m4:473: the top level
 Tom> autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
 Tom> configure.in: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found.
 Tom> configure.in: You should verify that configure.in invokes 
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE,
 Tom> configure.in: that aclocal.m4 is present in the top-level directory,
 Tom> configure.in: and that aclocal.m4 was recently regenerated (using 
aclocal).
 Tom> make: *** [Makefile.in] Error 1

 Tom> Regarding the AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE error, 

You can ignore this second diagnostic, it's only a consequence
of the first problem.  The real error is in aclocal.m4 line 473.
Could you show that to us?  Something is probably underquoted.
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz