simple example

[Michael Cook]

i'm trying to follow the "simple example, start to finish" from the
automake manual
(http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Complete.html).
and it's not working out.

$ ls -l
total 16
-rw-r--r--  1 cook cook  21 Nov 26 17:33 Makefile.am
-rw-r--r--  1 cook cook  73 Nov 26 17:42 configure.in
-rw-r--r--  1 cook cook  74 Nov 26 14:28 hello.c
$ cat -n Makefile.am
     1  bin_PROGRAMS = hello
$ cat -n configure.in
     1  AC_INIT(hello, 1.0)
     2  AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
     3  AC_PROG_INSTALL
     4  AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)
$ cat -n hello.c
     1  #include <stdio.h>
     2  int main()
     3  {
     4    printf("hello, world\n");
     5    return 0;
     6  }
$ aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/xmms.m4:17: warning: underquoted definition of 
XMMS_TEST_VERSION
  run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
  or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending%20aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/xmms.m4:62: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_XMMS
/usr/share/aclocal/xdelta.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_XDELTA
/usr/share/aclocal/vorbis.m4:9: warning: underquoted definition of 
XIPH_PATH_VORBIS
/usr/share/aclocal/rep.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_REP
/usr/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:5: warning: underquoted definition of 
PKG_CHECK_MODULES
/usr/share/aclocal/pilot-link.m4:1: warning: underquoted definition of 
AC_PILOT_LINK_HOOK
/usr/share/aclocal/openhbci.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_OPENHBCI
/usr/share/aclocal/ogg.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of XIPH_PATH_OGG
/usr/share/aclocal/oaf.m4:4: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_OAF
/usr/share/aclocal/netatalk.m4:9: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_NETATALK
/usr/share/aclocal/linc.m4:1: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_LINC
/usr/share/aclocal/libraw1394.m4:6: warning: underquoted definition of 
AC_LIB_RAW1394_FLAGS
/usr/share/aclocal/libraw1394.m4:19: warning: underquoted definition of 
AC_LIB_RAW1394_HEADERS
/usr/share/aclocal/libraw1394.m4:41: warning: underquoted definition of 
AC_LIB_RAW1394_LIBVERSION
/usr/share/aclocal/libraw1394.m4:75: warning: underquoted definition of 
AC_LIB_RAW1394_RUNTEST
/usr/share/aclocal/libraw1394.m4:138: warning: underquoted definition of 
AC_LIB_RAW1394
/usr/share/aclocal/libole2.m4:18: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_LIBOLE2
/usr/share/aclocal/libmikmod.m4:11: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_LIBMIKMOD
/usr/share/aclocal/libguppi.m4:11: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_LIBGUPPI
/usr/share/aclocal/libglade.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_LIBGLADE
/usr/share/aclocal/libgcrypt.m4:23: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_LIBGCRYPT
/usr/share/aclocal/libart.m4:11: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_LIBART
/usr/share/aclocal/libOggFLAC.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_LIBOGGFLAC
/usr/share/aclocal/libOggFLAC++.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_LIBOGGFLACPP
/usr/share/aclocal/libIDL.m4:6: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_LIBIDL
/usr/share/aclocal/libFLAC.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_LIBFLAC
/usr/share/aclocal/libFLAC++.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_LIBFLACPP
/usr/share/aclocal/imlib.m4:9: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_IMLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/imlib.m4:167: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_GDK_IMLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/gtk.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GTK
/usr/share/aclocal/gsl.m4:5: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GSL
/usr/share/aclocal/gpg-error.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_GPG_ERROR
/usr/share/aclocal/gob2.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of GOB2_HOOK
/usr/share/aclocal/glib.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/gconf-2.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_GCONF_SOURCE_2
/usr/share/aclocal/gconf-1.m4:4: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_GCONF
/usr/share/aclocal/gconf-1.m4:71: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_GCONF_SOURCE
/usr/share/aclocal/g-wrap.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of 
AC_GWRAP_CHECK_GUILE
/usr/share/aclocal/g-wrap.m4:23: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_GWRAP
/usr/share/aclocal/audiofile.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_AUDIOFILE
/usr/share/aclocal/ao.m4:9: warning: underquoted definition of XIPH_PATH_AO
/usr/share/aclocal/ORBit.m4:4: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_ORBIT
$ autoconf
$ automake --add-missing
configure.in: installing `./install-sh'
configure.in: installing `./missing'
Makefile.am: installing `./INSTALL'
Makefile.am: required file `./NEWS' not found
Makefile.am: required file `./README' not found
Makefile.am: required file `./AUTHORS' not found
Makefile.am: required file `./ChangeLog' not found
Makefile.am: installing `./COPYING'
Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'
/usr/share/automake-1.8/am/depend2.am: am__fastdepCC does not appear in 
AM_CONDITIONAL
/usr/share/automake-1.8/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
Makefile.am: C source seen but `CC' is undefined
Makefile.am: 
Makefile.am: The usual way to define `CC' is to add `AC_PROG_CC'
Makefile.am: to `configure.in' and run `autoconf' again.

i assume all the aclocal warnings are harmless.
and the "required file" errors are easy enough to fix.

but what about the others?  in particular, automake tells me to add
AC_PROC_CC to configure.in, but if i do that, autoconf complains:

$ autoconf
configure.in:3: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROC_CC
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.

m.