[Monotone-devel] autoconf blues

[Georg-W. Koltermann]

Hi,

I am trying to build from repository sources now.  Unfortunately the
repository does not contain ./configure.

Invoking autoconf naively yields:

        hunter[24]$ autoconf259
        configure.ac:6: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
              If this token and others are legitimate, please use 
m4_pattern_allow.
              See the Autoconf documentation.
        configure.ac:9: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONFIG_HEADER
        configure.ac:31: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_CC_C_O
        configure.ac:34: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT
        configure.ac:35: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION
        configure.ac:36: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_ICONV
        configure.ac:132: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONDITIONAL
        configure.ac:259: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_HAVE_INADDR_NONE
        hunter[25]$

In a previous post under the subject "automake sux" (which I can only
wholeheartedly agree to) there was the recommendation to run

> aclocal
> autoheader
> automake --foreign --add-missing --copy
> autoconf

and the first question is "which aclocal"? I have aclocal14 and
aclocal18.

Trying aclocal14, I get:

        hunter[25]$ aclocal14
        aclocal: configure.ac: 31: macro `AM_PROG_CC_C_O' not found in library
        aclocal: configure.ac: 34: macro `AM_GNU_GETTEXT' not found in library
        aclocal: configure.ac: 35: macro `AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION' not found in 
library
        aclocal: configure.ac: 36: macro `AM_ICONV' not found in library
        hunter[26]$ autoheader259
        autoheader259: error: AC_CONFIG_HEADERS not found in configure.ac
        hunter[27]$

This does not look too sane to me.

So what is the proper version mix for auto*, and what is the proper
incantation?

--
Regards,
Georg.