Re: AC_DEFINE problem

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello,

* address@hidden wrote on Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 10:28:37AM CEST:
> 
> I have autoconf-2.59 automake-1.9.6 gcc-4.0.3 libtool-1.5.22
> 
> I am trying to compile code and get this error
> 
> Running autoconf...
> configure.in:37: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE
>      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
>      See the Autoconf documentation.
> configure.in:42: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_WARN
> 
> people on other distros don't have that problem with the same code.
> I checked for differences in switches and flags for the above listed 
> packages, but there are none. what i did notice is that they have this:
> 
> /usr/share/autoconf/acgeneral.m4

So they have an old Autoconf (<= 2.13).

> as compared to what i have:
> ls /usr/share/autoconf/
> Autom4te  INSTALL  autoconf  autom4te.cfg  autoscan  autotest  m4sugar

So you have a new Autoconf.

> Can someone help me?

Maybe the configure.in needs some help to work to function with modern
Autoconf.  Please post it; if it's very long, just post the first 50
lines of it.

Cheers,
Ralf