Re: How do I fix 'missing template' problem ??

[Dr. David Kirkby]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> 
> >>> "David" == David Kirkby <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
>  David> sparrow /export/home/davek/atlc % autoreconf
>  David> autoheader: missing template: ENABLE_POSIX_THREADS
>  David> Use AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_POSIX_THREADS], [], [Description])
> 
> The error message tells you what to do.  If you don't understand
> this, please grep the autoconf manual for `missing template'.

I think there are some difference between the manual here, since I
can't find it in my manual anywhere. My manual consists of 208 html
files, with one file per none. Clearly the manual is for version 2.57,
as a grep on that finds several references. 

sparrow % grep -i "2.57" *
autoconf_17.html:<TABLE><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td
class=example><pre>AC_PREREQ(2.57)
autoconf_74.html:<TABLE><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td
class=example><pre>AC_INIT(Autoconf Documentation, 2.57,
address@hidden)
autoconf_74.html:#define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.57"
autoconf_74.html:#define PACKAGE_STRING "Autoconf Documentation 2.57"
autoconf_74.html:<TABLE><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td
class=example><pre>AC_INIT(Autoconf Documentation, 2.57,
address@hidden)
autoconf_74.html:#define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.57"
autoconf_74.html:#define PACKAGE_STRING "Autoconf Documentation 2.57"
autoconf_75.html:<TABLE><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td
class=example><pre>AC_INIT(Autoconf Documentation, 2.57,
address@hidden)
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Yet I can't find a reference to 'missing template'
% grep -i "missing template" *
% 

However, after reading your mail and the error messages again, I did
sort the problems out. At first I did not find the error message that
informative, since I was interpreting it that I should add a macro
definition somewhere (perhaps even in another files), not just alter
one line in my configure.ac. 

With regard to the manual, I also can't find 'AC_CONFIG_HEADER'

% grep 'AC_CONFIG_HEADER' * | grep -v 'AC_CONFIG_HEADERS'
% 

yet that function AC_CONFIG_HEADER is clearly documented on the web.

This seems rather strange, suggesting the manual I have downloaded for
version 2.57 id not 100% OK. 

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Dr. David Kirkby,
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Department of Medical Physics,
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