Re: [Ltib] what is the need for the autoconf tools in /opt/ltib/usr/bin?

[Lambrecht Jürgen]

On 10/26/2011 09:52 AM, Stuart Hughes wrote:
>
> Hi Jurgen,
>
> Reading between the lines, it sounds like you're trying to generate the
> configure script using the autotools in LTIB?
>
No, the configure script was already there in the released package, and 
then I updated that configure script myself (with my autoconf v2.67)(to 
add an extra libary).
Then I got this error:

   Making all in mediastreamer2
   make[2]: Entering directory 
`/usr/src/cross/Ltib-svn/rpm/BUILD/linphone-3.4.3/mediastreamer2'
   (CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd . && /bin/bash 
/usr/src/cross/Ltib-svn/rpm/BUILD/linphone-3.4.3/mediastreamer2/missing 
--run autoheader)
   Can't locate object method "path" via package "Autom4te::Request" at 
//opt/ltib/usr/bin/autom4te line 81.
   autoheader: //opt/ltib/usr/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
   make[2]: *** [mediastreamer-config.h.in] Error 1
   make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/src/cross/Ltib-svn/rpm/BUILD/linphone-3.4.3/mediastreamer2'
   make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
   make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/src/cross/Ltib-svn/rpm/BUILD/linphone-3.4.3'
   make: *** [all] Error 2
   error: Bad exit status from /usr/src/cross/Ltib-svn/tmp/rpm-tmp.58855 
(%build)


Here a link how to solve 
it:http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/autoheader-errors-177352/.
After doing "rm -r autom4te.cache/", I got again a build error, but with 
a clear error messages (I didn't save the exact message):

   aclocal.m4: Warning: generated by autoconf 2.67
   /opt/ltib/usr/bin/autom4te failed

And then I deleted the autoconf tools in /opt/ltib/usr/bin/, and 
compilation went on.
(I will update the configure script again with the ltib auto tools when 
I am finished, so my collegues do not need to change their ltib 
installation)

>
> If so, you can't reliably do this as the autotools is not portable
> across versions.  This means while you're developing a package, you must
> use your own autotools to run autoconf and friends to generate configure
> etc.
>
ok
>
>
> The reason ltib has this is to satisfy the dependency on one particular
> target package (I can't recall the details right now).
>
> So to be clear, when building an ltib .spec file, the configure script
> should already be in the sources.  This is normally how a package
> maintainer would release a package.  BTW: this is not a LTIB issues, any
> other build system would need the same thing as you can never rely on
> the same results from different versions of the autotools.
>
thanks for the clarification,
Jürgen
>
>
> Regards, Stuart
>
>
> On 26/10/11 08:09, Lambrecht Jürgen wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > because I am adding an other echo canceler to linphone, I used the
> > automake and autoconf tools to update the makefiles.
> > But my PC's autoconf is version 2.67 and ltib one's is 2.57. And this
> > gave a nasty bug during ltib build.
> >
> > My question is:
> > Why are those tools installed by ltib, and not set as host requirement
> > (why the remark "Not required we install: automake target package" on
> > http://ltib.org/documentation-LtibFaq) ?
> > (The same question in a different way: As workaround, I just deleted the
> > ltib automake/conf tools; are there side effects?)
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Jürgen
> >
>


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