/bin/bash: --gnu: command not found

[Dr. David Kirkby]

Can anyone throw any light on the situation below? I'm just about fed up
trying all manner of things to build a configure.ac that generates no
error messages from autoreconf, configure or make. 

'autoreconf' runs without any errors and generates a configure script.
The configure script created by autoreconf seems okay and runs properly.
However, after running GNU make, I get the error message:

make[1]: Entering directory `/export/home/davek/atlc/src'
cd .. && \
   --gnu  src/Makefile
/bin/bash: --gnu: command not found


/bin/bash does exist by the way, but seems unwillig to accept the --gnu
option. 

What is happening? I have GNU make 3.79.1, autoconf 2.57, automake 1.7
and m4 version 1.4. 
I've put the top level Makefile. am and the configure.ac sepparated by 3
rows of 
***'******************************'s. 

All the m4 macros are in the top level directory, so I have
"ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I ." in Makefile.am

Any ideas gratefully received. I'm getting rather fed up with it all. I
seem to be chasing my tail. 

# This is Makefile.am, which is proceed by automake
AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnits
ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I .

SUBDIRS =  . src man docs examples tools tests 

EXTRA_DIST = \
README \
README.checks \
README.cvs \
README.help \
README.mpi \
README.solaris \
README.support \
README.threads \
README.windows \
BUGS \
stoptests \
acx_pthread.m4 \
gtk.m4 \
gsl.m4 \
TODO

CLEANFILES = examplestest-coupler2.bmp.txt
DISTCLEANFILES = examplestest-coupler2.bmp.txt

**********************************************
**********************************************
**********************************************
********************************************8*

% cat configure.ac
# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.

# Order of itmes is suggested in the autoconf documentation to be that
# below, to be as below. Let's try to stick to it.

# checks for programs
# checks for libraries
# checks for header files
# checks for typedefs
# checks for structures
# checks for compiler characteristics
# checks for library functions
# checks for system services
# AC_OUTPUT([file...])

AC_INIT([atlc], [4.2.12], address@hidden)
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
AC_PREREQ([2.57])
ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I .

# Checks for programs.
AC_PROG_CXX
AC_ISC_POSIX

# AC_OUTPUT_COMMANDS([exit])

# Checks for libraries.
AC_CHECK_LIB(m,main)
AC_CHECK_LIB(c,memalign, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_MEMALIGN))


# check for optimised math library on SPARC
# AC_CHECK_LIB(mopt,main)
# check for the optimised
# AC_CHECK_LIB(copt,main)

# Checks for header files.

# AC_STDC_HEADERS
# AC_HAVE_HEADERS(stdio.h math.h errno.h stdlib.h string.h)
AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdio.h math.h malloc.h stdlib.h string.h strings.h])

# Checks for typedefs
AC_HEADER_STDBOOL
AC_C_CONST
AC_TYPE_SIZE_T

# checks for structures (none need to be tested)

# checks for compiler characteristics
AC_C_BIGENDIAN
AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(int)
AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long)
AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(size_t)

# checks for library functions
AC_FUNC_MALLOC
AC_FUNC_MEMCMP
AC_FUNC_STRTOD
AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset strchr strtol])
#AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset pow sqrt strchr strtol])

# checks for system services

# Check if the user wants a GUI. If so makes sure GTK and wxWindows are
around.
# The macro is in the file gtk.m4, so it must be read it here. 
# m4_sinclude(gtk.m4)
AC_ARG_WITH(gui, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-gui=[no]],[Add a GUI (needs GTK
>= 1.2.7 installed) but the GUI does not work!! ]))
if test "x$with_gui" = "xyes"; then
        AC_PATH_GTK(1.2.7, GTK127=1)
        if test "$GTK127" != 1; then
            AC_MSG_ERROR([
                Please check that gtk-config is in path, the directory
                where GTK+ libraries are installed (returned by
                'gtk-config --libs' command) is in LD_LIBRARY_PATH or
                equivalent variable and GTK+ is version 1.2.7 or above.
            ])
        fi
        AC_CHECK_PROG(WXWINDOWS,wx-config, 1, 0)   
        if test "$WXWINDOWS" != 1; then
            AC_MSG_ERROR([
               wxWindows must be installed to use the GUI version of
atlc
        ])
        fi
        AC_SUBST(EXTRA_WXWINDOWS_LIBS,`wx-config --libs`)
        AC_SUBST(EXTRA_WXWINDOWS_CFLAGS,`wx-config --cflags`)
        AC_SUBST(GUI_DIRECTORY,gui)
fi
#AC_LANG_C
#m4_sinclude(gsl.m4)
AM_PATH_GSL([1.0])
LIBS="$GSL_LIBS $LIBS"
CFLAGS="$GSL_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"

#- some self-tests will fail if gsl library is not available.
#ail]
# AC_ARG_WITH(gsl=yes,[  --without-gsl           disable use of gsl
library (by default it's enabled)])
# if test "x$with_gsl" = "xno"; then
# AC_MSG_WARN([Use of the gsl library has been disabled - some
self-tests will fail])
# else
# AC_CHECK_LIB(m,main)
# AC_CHECK_LIB(gslcblas,main)
# AC_CHECK_LIB(gsl,main,,AC_MSG_WARN([To get full functionality you
should link atlc with the GNU Scientific Library (gsl)
# available at http://sources.redhat.com/gsl. Some self-tests will fail
without gsl.]))
# fi  



# Multi-Processor Support
# m4_sinclude(acx_pthread.m4)
AC_ARG_WITH(threads, 
[  --with-threads          support thread-based parallel computation -
this 
                          needs a POSIX thread library (pthreads or
similar) 
                          installed])

if test "x$with_threads" = "xyes"; then
AC_CHECK_LIB(thread, thr_setconcurrency,
[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_THR_SETCONCURRENCY)])
ACX_PTHREAD([AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_POSIX_THREADS)])
LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
CC="$PTHREAD_CC"
fi

# MPI and MPE Support
AC_ARG_WITH(mpi,
AC_HELP_STRING([--with-mpi=[mpi_install_prefix]],[support MPI-based
parallel computation (needs MPICH installed)]))
AC_ARG_WITH(mpe,
AC_HELP_STRING([--with-mpe=[mpi_install_prefix]],[implies --with-mpi and
additionally links in MPE logging support]))

if test "x$with_mpi" != "x" \
|| test "x$with_mpe" != "x"; then

  if test "x$with_mp" = "xyes"; then
    AC_MSG_ERROR([it does not make sense to use --with-mp with
--with-mpi or --with-mpe])
  fi  
  AC_HAVE_HEADERS(mpi.h)
  AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_MPI)
  AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, getsockopt)
  AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, xdr_void)
  AC_CHECK_LIB(rt, sched_yield)
  if test "x$with_mpe" != "x"; then 
    if test "x$with_mpe" = "xyes"; then
        path_to_mpe=/usr/local
    else
        path_to_mpe=$with_mpe
    fi
    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$path_to_mpe/include -L$path_to_mpe/lib"
    AC_CHECK_LIB(pmpich,  MPI_Init , , [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not link
test program with libpmpich.a])])
    AC_CHECK_LIB(mpe,  MPE_Init_log , , [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not link
test program with libmpe.a])])
    AC_CHECK_LIB(lmpe,  MPE_Init_log , ,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not link
test program with liblmpe.a])] , -lmpe)
  else
    if test "x$with_mpi" = "xyes"; then
        path_to_mpi=/usr/local
    else
        path_to_mpi=$with_mpi
    fi
    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$path_to_mpi/include -L$path_to_mpi/lib"
    AC_CHECK_LIB(mpich,  MPI_Init, , [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not link test
program with libmpich.a])])
  fi
fi
AC_OUTPUT([\
Makefile                                        \
src/Makefile                                    \
src/non_gui/Makefile                            \
src/gui/Makefile                                \
man/Makefile                                    \
man/man1/Makefile                               \
examples/Makefile                               \
tools/Makefile                                  \
tools/src/Makefile                              \
tests/Makefile                                  \
docs/html-docs/Makefile                         \
docs/html-docs/jpgs/Makefile                    \
docs/qex-december-1996/Makefile                 \
docs/theory/Makefile                            \



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Dr. David Kirkby,
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Department of Medical Physics,
University College London,
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