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  • From: Brian Bruns <camber AT umcc.ais.org>
  • To: TDS Development Group <freetds AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Compiling under Redhat Linux
  • Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 18:32:28 -0400 (EDT)




On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Michael Peppler wrote:

> Brian Bruns writes:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Michael Peppler wrote:
> >
> > > Brian Bruns writes:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Michael Peppler wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Kevin Wormington writes:
> > > > > > Hi all, I have been trying to compile the snapshot version
> under Redhat
> > > > > > Linux 5.2 and I get a slew of errors regarding "@SHELL@" and
> "@LIBTOOL@" not
> > > > > > being found. I know that I could modify the Makefile.in to
> point to the
> > > > > > correct path, but am I missing something to set the paths in a
> single place?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I had the same problem this morning.
> > > > >
> > > > > I ended up reinstalling autoconf and libtool from the sources...
> > > > >
> > > > > Michael
> > > >
> > > > Did that end up working for you? I only need to install libtool and
> > > > everything was happy (actually I only needed the m4 file but...)
> > >
> > > I first did that, but I may have gotten a libtool that was too recent,
> > > because one of the commands then complained that I needed autoconf
> > > 2.13 instead of 2.12. So I ended up getting the new autoconf, and
> > > installing that (which was quick).
> > >
> > > After that things went fine.
> > >
> > > What I'm not sure I understand is why the autoconf package is needed
> > > at all. I don't have any of that installed on my Sun box and the build
> > > doesn't break there...
> > >
> > Yeah, if you don't have aclocal/autoconf/etc... it skips trying to
> rebuild
> > configure and uses the one that comes with the package. If you have
> > autoconf then it tries to use it. I'm not sure whether that is standard
> > autoconf behaviour or whether the guy that gnuified freetds put that in.
>
> That's sorta weird. I would have thought that you'd only rebuild
> configure when you build the package (ie make a new distribution), but
> when you distribute the package you use the configure that comes with
> the package. Otherwise you're bound to get the sort of problems that
> we see on RH5.2 where the autoconf package is broken.
>
> At least that seems to be the right way to do it in my humble opinion
> :-)
>
> Michael

Well frankly I agree, I just hate messing with autoconf any more than I
have to :)

But it appears I need to fix this one.

Brian





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