gtk+ from gnome cvs needs automake 1.7 - 1.9 is installed, what to do ?

[Owen Taylor]

On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 08:48, M.Clasen wrote:
> Am Do, den 05.08.2004 schrieb John Ellson um 13:32:
> > M.Clasen wrote:
> > 
> > >hi ppl,
> > >
> > >i like to recompile the gtk+ package from the gnome cvs.
> > >
> > >while calling ./autoconf, there comes an error, autoconfs depends 
> > >automake-1.7.
> > >
> > >i got the sources for automake 1.9, rebuild it fine and tryed again,
> > >but the autoconf script of gtk+ likes only automake 1.7.
> > >
> > >i tryed to edit the autoconf script, but i go on thin ice there and got
> > >other errors underlaying my missediting of the gtk+ cvs autoconf script.
> > >
> > >how can i compile the gtk+ cvs sources, what must i do here ?
> > >
> > >must i downgrade automake to 1.7 ??
> > >
> > >regardz
> > >
> > >Michael

> > Have you installed all of the automake rpms?   They can all be 
> > installed, i.e. they are not either/or.
> > 
> >     automake-1.9-1.noarch.rpm
> >     automake14-1.4p6-9.noarch.rpm
> >     automake15-1.5-10.noarch.rpm
> >     automake16-1.6.3-2.noarch.rpm
> >     automake17-1.7.9-2.noarch.rpm      <<-- this is probably what you 
> > need for gtk+
> > 
> > John
> 
> hi john,
> 
> thx for your solution, but it does not solve my problem, the packages
> were already installed, i reinstalled and got the same error.
> 
> but nice to know, its not a case of either/or for this package.

The automake17 package works fine for the GTK+ maintainers (myself,
Matthias Clasen, etc.). What errors are you getting?

Regards,
						Owen

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