[libvirt] libvirt compliation from git source fails with "gnulib/tests/Makefile.in' not found" error

[chandrashekar shastri]

On 06/29/2013 11:43 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 06/17/2013 03:57 AM, chandrashekar shastri wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am compiling the libvirt from source and I am getting the following
>> error:
> We need more details - are you trying to compile libvirt.git (if so,
> what commit are you on), or a tarball (and if so, where did you download
> the tarball from)?  What platform are you on?  What versions of automake
> and autoconf do you have installed?  Unless I can reproduce the failure,
> I can't do much to help debug it.

We pull from libvirt.git
Branch master SHA1 24d0e67aba6b9d62cfee95582f211b4d850373d3

Fedora ( x86_64) kernel version : 3.10.0-rc5+

automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.12.2

autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69

Please let me know if you need more info.

Thanks,
Shastri
>> autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
>> configure.ac:2424: required file `gnulib/lib/Makefile.in' not found
>> configure.ac:2424: required file `gnulib/tests/Makefile.in' not found
> Since gnulib/lib/Makefile.am exists, I have to wonder if this might be a
> problem with your version of automake, but without knowing your version
> of automake, I can't be positive.
>