Re: Can't bootstrap current CVS

[Paul Eggert]

Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:

> I face this problem:
>
> ./bootstrap: aclocal --force -I m4 ...
> configure.ac:106: warning: AM_MKINSTALLDIRS is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd

I don't get the problem; I just now did a fresh build from gnulib CVS
and bison CVS as follows:

   cvs -d address@hidden:/cvsroot/gnulib co gnulib
   cvs -d address@hidden:/cvsroot/bison co bison
   cd bison
   ./bootstrap --gnulib-srcdir=../gnulib

Does that exact combination work for you (changing "eggert" to "akim")?

> I can't find any AM_MKINSTALLDIRS in aclocal's usual directories,

There shouldn't be any AM_MKINSTALLDIRS anywhere.  After a bootstrap,
"grep -r AM_MKINSTALLDIRS ." shouldn't output anything.

> I see there is an AM_PROG_MKDIR_P which name is quite similar.  There
> is no trace of AM_MKINSTALLDIRS in Automake 1.9.6's ChangeLog.  Does
> this mean I am expected to use a CVS Automake?

No.  (I am using Automake 1.9.6.)

> m4/po_gl.m4:208: AM_PO_SUBDIRS is expanded from...

Hold on a second.  There shouldn't be an m4/po_gl.m4 anywhere.

Most likely you have an old source tree that hasn't been cleaned out.
All you should have to do is to build everything from scratch; it
should work.