Re: [Bug-gnubg] Problem compiling gnubg in RHEL 5

[Stelios Togias]

Christian Anthon wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Stelios Togias <address@hidden> wrote:
>   
> > I do have these tools installed. I'm not at home so I can't check the
> > versions though.
> > I'll email a more detailed description of the steps I did prior trying
> > ./configure asap.
> >
> >     
>
> It might be that the files are in an inconsistent state then. Try to run
>
> ./autogen.sh
>
> in the build directory before ./configure .
>
> Christian.
>   

OK

autoconf and automake versions are:
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.63
automake (GNU automake) 1.10.1
ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 2.2 (when I run libtool --version)
   is there any other tool I should check?

Running ./autogen.sh gives me the following output:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ aclocal -I m4
+ libtoolize --force --copy
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.
libtoolize: copying file `./ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in `m4'.
libtoolize: copying file `m4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
+ autoheader
+ automake --add-missing --copy -Wno-portability
+ autoconf
configure.in:101: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR
     If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
     See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.in:102: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_WARN
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Can you suggest a good tutorial to start understanding the build process?
this "It might be that the files are in an inconsistent state" is 
confusing to me...

thanks
stelios