SVN (revision 4069) configure syntax error [debian unstable]

Lazarus · Post by **Lazarus** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:42 am

Doing a ./autogen or ./configure results in:

./configure: line 3421: syntax error near unexpected token `1.2.0,,AC_MSG_ERROR'
./configure: line 3421: `AM_PATH_SDL(1.2.0,,AC_MSG_ERROR(SDL >= 1.2.0 is required))'

I use a PIII Thinkpad and I believe I have the necessary packages installed (concerning SDL that's: libsdl1.2-dev, libsdl1.2debian, libsdl1.2debian-alsa, libsdl-mixer1.2, libsdl-image1.2)

So... what's up

Post by **Nach** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:39 am

Your automake or autoconf is lacking.

CyberBotX · Post by **CyberBotX** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:48 pm

What versions of automake and autoconf should we be using? I'm using automake 1.5 and autoconf 2.53 and I got this under FreeBSD:

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/usr/local/bin/gm4:configure.in:21: bad regular expression: `AS_ESCAPE([$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot run _AC_LANG compiled programs.
If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.], [`""])': Invalid range end
/usr/local/bin/gm4:configure.in:21: bad regular expression: `AS_ESCAPE([$as_me: error: cannot run _AC_LANG compiled programs.
If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.], [`""])': Invalid range end
/usr/local/bin/gm4:configure.in:76: bad regular expression: `AS_ESCAPE([$as_me:$LINENO: result: cross-compiling], [`""])': Invalid range end
/usr/local/bin/gm4:configure.in:76: bad regular expression: `AS_ESCAPE([${ECHO_T}cross-compiling], [`""])': Invalid range end
/usr/local/bin/gm4:configure.in:81: bad regular expression: `AS_ESCAPE([$as_me:$LINENO: result: cross-compiling], [`""])': Invalid range end
/usr/local/bin/gm4:configure.in:81: bad regular expression: `AS_ESCAPE([${ECHO_T}cross-compiling], [`""])': Invalid range end
/usr/local/bin/gm4:configure.in:164: bad regular expression: `AS_ESCAPE([$as_me:$LINENO: result: cross-compiling], [`""])': Invalid range end
/usr/local/bin/gm4:configure.in:164: bad regular expression: `AS_ESCAPE([${ECHO_T}cross-compiling], [`""])': Invalid range end
/usr/local/bin/gm4:configure.in:213: bad regular expression: `AS_ESCAPE([$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: This is not what you want, use --target or force-arch], [`""])': Invalid range end
/usr/local/bin/gm4:configure.in:213: bad regular expression: `AS_ESCAPE([$as_me: WARNING: This is not what you want, use --target or force-arch], [`""])': Invalid range end

Strangely enough, ZSNES still configured and compiled fine.

Lazarus · Post by **Lazarus** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 3:48 am

Aaah, I was sure I still had automake installed from last time... but I was wrong. Thanks Nach. Sorry for being a waste of spacetime.

CyberBotX, automake 1.10 and autoconf 2.61 give me no errors (or warnings).

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:00 am

For Ubuntu/Kubuntu here... I'm currently using automake 1.40 and autoconf 2.59.

Perhaps upgrading autoconf would help (or downgrade automake?)

CyberBotX · Post by **CyberBotX** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:35 pm

Never knew that the different versions of automake and autoconf could be mixed and matched. I've always seen other things put automake 1.4 with autoconf 2.13, automake 1.5 with autoconf 2.53, and automake 1.9 with autoconf 2.59. But using automake 1.4 with autoconf 2.59 worked just fine here. Good information to know.

Post by **Nach** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:06 pm

I'm using:
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.61
automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p6