glade problems with autogen.sh

tamtam · 07-24-2004, 09:12 AM

I am trying to run a ui constructed under glade.

When I run autogen.sh I get the following messages...

Code:

Please use AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external]) in order to cause autoconfiguration
to look for an external libintl.

Please create po/Makevars from the template in po/Makevars.template.
You can then remove po/Makevars.template.

Please run 'aclocal -I m4' to regenerate the aclocal.m4 file.
You need aclocal from GNU automake 1.5 (or newer) to do this.
Then run 'autoconf' to regenerate the configure file.

You will also need config.guess and config.sub, which you can get from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/config/.

You might also want to copy the convenience header file gettext.h
from the /usr/share/gettext directory into your package.
It is a wrapper around <libintl.h> that implements the configure --disable-nls
option.

Press Return to acknowledge the previous five paragraphs.
Making ./aclocal.m4 writable ...
Running aclocal -I macros ...
Running autoheader...
/usr/bin/autoheader-2.13: line 1: _snprintf, and to 0 if you dont.: command not found
/usr/bin/autoheader-2.13: line 4:
verbatim=: command not found
/usr/bin/autoheader-2.13: line 5: /bin: is a directory
/usr/bin/autoheader-2.13: line 1: feof_unlocked, and to 0 if you dont.: command not found
/usr/bin/autoheader-2.13: line 4:
verbatim=: command not found
/usr/bin/autoheader-2.13: line 5: /bin: is a directory
/usr/bin/autoheader-2.13: eval: line 119: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``'
/usr/bin/autoheader-2.13: eval: line 153: syntax error: unexpected end of file
/usr/bin/autoheader-2.13: Symbol `ptrdiff_t' is not covered by /usr/share/autoconf/acconfig.h ./acconfig.h
**Error**: autoheader failed.

Anybody have any ideas what I need to get the program to run. Help will be greatly appreciated.

Tam.

tamtam · 07-24-2004, 09:48 AM

okay anyone any idea how to perform the following and do I need the makevars in the same directory as the glade project.

Code:

Please create po/Makevars from the template in po/Makevars.template.
You can then remove po/Makevars.template.

fr0zen · 07-24-2004, 01:02 PM

Hey,

May I ask that you run the following commands?

Code:

cat autogen.sh
autoheader --version
aclocal --version
automake --version
autoconf --version

Of course, please copy/paste the output into your reply.

Thanks,

tamtam · 07-25-2004, 08:02 AM

hi fr0zen,
sorry its taken so long to get back to you, I have been offline since last night. I ran the following commands like you suggested, here are the results.

cat autogen.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Run this to generate all the initial makefiles, etc.

srcdir=`dirname $0`
test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.

PKG_NAME="the package."

(test -f $srcdir/configure.in) || {
echo -n "**Error**: Directory "\`$srcdir\'" does not look like the"
echo " top-level directory"
exit 1
}

. $srcdir/macros/autogen.sh

/* autoheader */
autoheader --version
Autoconf version 2.13

aclocal --version
aclocal (GNU automake) 1.4-p6

automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p6

autoconf --version
Autoconf version 2.13

glade --version
Gnome Glade 0.6.4

As you can see I have also included the version of glade that came with linux. I see that there are newer versions of glade available. Think that this maybe the problem. I would like to hear what you think.

TamTam

fr0zen · 07-25-2004, 01:17 PM

On the contrary, while it would be a good idea to upgrade glade, that is not what's at issue right now.

Code:

[root@alpha ~]# autoheader --version
autoheader (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
Written by Roland McGrath and Akim Demaille.

Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
[root@alpha ~]# aclocal --version
aclocal (GNU automake) 1.8.5
Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>

Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
[root@alpha ~]# automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.8.5
Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>.

Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
[root@alpha ~]# autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

The purpose of autogen.sh is to update the configure, and Makefiles within the application. Autogen typically uses the above programs to process macros in the template files.

You appear to have... rather old versions of these programs. Major changes have been implemented in recent versions, which may explain the errors you are getting. That is, the scripts you are trying to update were made for newer versions, so, older versions cannot understand them.

However, while I still recommend upgrading, you may not even have to run that autogen.sh script. Rarely is that necessary, unless you grab something from CVS. If you've downloaded a source package, it should be just as simple as running the ./configure script.

Let me know how it goes.

tamtam · 07-29-2004, 06:57 PM

hi frOzen

I updated the files as you suggested and I am still getting the same errors. I am just about to give up using glade. Any more suggestions?

Sorry it's taken so long to answer, been on the night shift here.

TamTam