[maemo-developers] Automake >1.8.5?

[From: dmenns1]

Jussi Kukkonen wrote:
> dmenns1 wrote:
>   
>> I had successfully compiled 'libgphoto2' and 'gphoto2' from a tar/gz
>> package, but now I am attempting to go one step further by doing the
>> same thing using the SVN 'trunk' source.  However, this requires that I
>> run the following command:
>>
>> autoreconf --install --symlink
>>
>> When I do so within my chinook scratchbox environment, I get the
>> following errors:
>>
>> configure.ac:15: require Automake 1.9, but have 1.8.5
>> autoreconf2.50: automake failed with exit status: 1
>>     
>
>
> scratchbox has several versions of automake, including 1.9. You can use
> them by setting environment variable SBOX_DEFAULT_AUTOMAKE (although
> there may be other ways too). This should work:
>   export SBOX_DEFAULT_AUTOMAKE=1.9
>
>  Jussi
>
>   
Thanks for the tip!  Easy as pie! :)

I did a lot of googling for this one, but I didn't find this simple tip 
mentioned.

Dare