FreeTDS Development Group

[Andrew Bowman <abowman AT omegafi.com>]

Brian,

Cool.  The compile worked and we're up and running with the problem
corrected.  All of our account managers send you a hearty thank you! 
That $0.0255 cent error was driving them batty.

Thanks for fixing that.

Andrew


Brian Bruns wrote:
> 
> Ok, I checked in a "fix" for this.  We used to use AM_PROG_LIBTOOL macro
> in configure.in but because of that, we got a bunch of
> "AC_TRY_RUN" (?) messages when doing a configure.  So, I switched it to
> the newer (and prefered?) AC_PROG_LIBTOOL, which corrected that
> (well, except for one caused by endian detection which is apparently
> a known bug) but caused what you saw....So I've switched it back.
> 
> I totally suck at autoconf...Some day I'll get a clue.
> 
> James, if you're reading this we may just want to say something in the FAQ
> about why those messages appear and that they are harmless.
> 
> Brian
> 
> On Thu, 17 May 2001, Andrew Bowman wrote:
> 
> >
> > OS: RedHat 6.2
> > Gmake: 3.77
> > tdsver: whatever is under freetds.snapshot.tgz on the download page on
> > 5/17/2001
> >
> > Okay.  I've got another problem.  This time it's with the build
> > process.  I downloaded the snapshot and tried to compile it, but gmake
> > chokes like this:
> >
> >
> > creating src/Makefile
> > gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/omega/freetds/freetds/src'
> > gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/omega/freetds/freetds/src'
> > Making all in tds
> > gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/omega/freetds/freetds/src/tds'
> > cd ../.. && automake --gnu src/tds/Makefile
> > src/tds/Makefile.am:3: library used but `LIBTOOL' not defined in
> > `configure.in'
> > gmake[2]: *** [Makefile.in] Error 1
> > gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/omega/freetds/freetds/src/tds'
> > gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/omega/freetds/freetds/src'
> > gmake: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> >
> > The funny thing is that it does this for each directory under src.  It
> > choked on the first directory, and then when I reran it it got through
> > the first directory and and choked on the...rerun third...rerun
> > fourth...and so on:
> >
> > gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/omega/freetds/freetds/src/tds'
> > gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/omega/freetds/freetds/src/tds'
> > Making all in ctlib
> > gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/omega/freetds/freetds/src/ctlib'
> > cd ../.. && automake --gnu src/ctlib/Makefile
> > src/ctlib/Makefile.am:5: library used but `LIBTOOL' not defined in
> > `configure.in'
> > gmake[2]: *** [Makefile.in] Error 1
> > gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/omega/freetds/freetds/src/ctlib'
> > gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/omega/freetds/freetds/src'
> > gmake: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> >
> > I poked around in the various files that configure and gmake make, but
> > it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.  It looks like libtool was created
> > and is in the spot that the Makefiles in the src subdirectories are
> > looking.
> >
> > What else do you need?  I'd appreciate any assistance!  Is there a good
> > reference for gmake out there?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> > Brian Bruns wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Andrew,
> > >
> > > First I'd like to say thanks for the very well put together bug
> > > report.  Clear and concise.  Others wanting help should take
> > > note...
> >
> > Hope I lived up to my previous efforts.
> >
> >
> 
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