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

[Stelios Togias]

Christian Anthon wrote:
> > + 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
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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...
> >
> >     
>
> I could, but autoconf/automake is not really something you want to
> learn unless you have to. What I meant was that you might have a
> configure built with different versions of the tools.
>
> a) do you have pkg-config installed
> b) If that is the case: Could you try to remove the [] around the
> AC_MSG_ERROR and AC_MSG_WARN statements in line 101, 102 of
> configure.in and around the other calls to PKG_CHECK_MODULES and see
> if that helps.
>
> Christian.
>   
I do have pkg-config installed. version: 0.21

I removed the [] from the PKG_CHECK_MODULES,
well from around AC_MSG_ERROR, AC_MSG_WARN
there were no other type of messages anyway (are these macros?)

anyway now ./autogen.sh passes
but ./configure gives error:
./configure: line 12198: syntax error near unexpected token `GLIB,'
./configure: line 12198: `PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, glib-2.0 >= 2.6.0, , { 
{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: \"You need to have glib2 to compile 
GNU backgammon\"" >&5'

btw I've trying with this version as well: gnubg-0.9.0-1.tar.gz
but same behaviour...

well apart from learning a specific tool, learning in general the 
building process
in linux would help. now I don't even now what/where to look for...

thanks
stelios