[maemo-developers] autoreconf > 2.59?

[From: Eero Tamminen]

Hi,

ext dmenns1 wrote:
> OK, as a followup to my problem with the default version of 'automake'
> being too old for some stuff I want to do, it looks like I might also
> have a problem with 'autoreconf' being too old:
> 
> gphoto2/Makefile.am:12: `doc_DATA' is used but `docdir' is undefined
> ...
> autoreconf2.50: automake failed with exit status: 1
> 
> The version on ARMEL scratchbox appears to be 2.59.  When I do this on
> my X86 desktop, I have no problems, and the version is 2.61.  There are
> hints on the net that 'docdir' (whatever that is) was introduced late in
> 2.5.9.
> 
> Can anyone help?

You could try running some of the auto* stuff on the desktop and only
do "configure" inside Sbox.  Or just disable that stuff from the
automake.am.


	- Eero

PS. The documentation for the Sbox environment variables is in
/scratchbox/doc/variables.txt