Re: [Fwd: Re: AC_CONFIG_FILES problem with Automake 1.7.1]

[Tom Epperly]

Akim suggested that we try GNU m4-1.4q. Unfortunately, this version of 
m4 will not compile for us.

libtool: link: warning: `AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN' not used. Assuming no dlopen 
support.
rm -f .libs/m4.nm .libs/m4.nmS .libs/m4.nmT
creating .libs/m4S.c
extracting global C symbols from `../modules/.libs/m4.a'
extracting global C symbols from `../modules/.libs/traditional.a'
extracting global C symbols from `../modules/.libs/gnu.a'
(cd .libs && gcc -c -fno-builtin -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions "m4S.c")
rm -f .libs/m4S.c .libs/m4.nm .libs/m4.nmS .libs/m4.nmT
gcc -O2 -pipe -o .libs/m4 .libs/m4S.o main.o freeze.o stackovf.o 
-Wl,--export-dynamic  ../modules/.libs/m4.so 
../modules/.libs/traditional.so ../modules/.libs/gnu.so 
/tmp/m4-1.4q/m4/.libs/libm4.so ../m4/.libs/libm4.so -ldl -Wl,--rpath 
-Wl,/usr/casc/babel/apps/buildtools/libexec/ -Wl,--rpath 
-Wl,/usr/casc/babel/apps/buildtools/lib
main.o: In function `main':
main.o(.text+0x619): undefined reference to `m4_syntax_init'
main.o(.text+0x8a9): undefined reference to `m4_syntax_exit'
freeze.o: In function `produce_syntax_dump':
freeze.o(.text+0xa0): undefined reference to `m4_syntax_code'
freeze.o: In function `reload_frozen_state':
freeze.o(.text+0xcc9): undefined reference to `m4_set_syntax'
freeze.o(.text+0xefa): undefined reference to `m4_set_comment'
freeze.o(.text+0xf3a): undefined reference to `m4_set_quotes'
/tmp/m4-1.4q/m4/.libs/libm4.so: undefined reference to 
`m4__use_macro_escape'
/tmp/m4-1.4q/m4/.libs/libm4.so: undefined reference to `m4__single_comments'
/tmp/m4-1.4q/m4/.libs/libm4.so: undefined reference to `m4__single_quotes'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [m4] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/m4-1.4q/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/m4-1.4q'
make: *** [all] Error 2
address@hidden m4-1.4q]$

I can't even find wher m4_syntax_code is supposed to be defined.  For 
example,
address@hidden m4-1.4q]$ find . -type f -exec grep m4_syntax_code {} \; 
-print
extern    int    m4_syntax_code    (char ch);
./m4/m4module.h
   * m4/input.c (m4_syntax_init, m4_syntax_code, m4_set_quotes,
./ChangeLog
 int code = m4_syntax_code (ch);
./src/freeze.c
Binary file ./src/freeze.o matches
./src/freeze.o
address@hidden m4-1.4q]$ find . -type f -exec grep m4_syntax_init {} \; 
-print
extern    void    m4_syntax_init    (void);
./m4/m4module.h
   * m4/input.c (m4_syntax_init, m4_syntax_code, m4_set_quotes,
./ChangeLog
     m4_syntax_init ();
./src/main.c
Binary file ./src/main.o matches
./src/main.o
address@hidden m4-1.4q]$ nm src/main.o | grep m4_syntax_init
        U m4_syntax_init
address@hidden m4-1.4q]$