Fedora xen - Jun 2007 - Tryimg to build virt-manager from mercurial: getting error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT - why ?

Hello,

I have Fedora Core 6 on x86_64 machine.
I want to build the virt-manager latest from mercurial repository.
I follwed the instructions on the web:
http://virt-manager.et.redhat.com/scmrepo.html

I had performed
"hg clone 
http://hg.et.redhat.com/virt/applications/virt-manager--devel"

and them ran:

./autobuild.sh
make: *** No rule to make target `distclean''.
aclocal:configure.ac:6: warning: macro `AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION'' not
found in library
aclocal:configure.ac:7: warning: macro `AM_GNU_GETTEXT'' not found in
library
configure.ac: installing `./install-sh''
configure.ac: installing `./missing''
src/graphWidgets/Makefile.am: installing `./compile''
src/graphWidgets/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp''
configure.ac:6: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:7: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT

I have on this FC6:  gettext-0.14.6-3.fc6, (from rpm of
the original installation) , intltool-0.35.5 (build from source).

Why is it so ? what should I do ?


Regards,
Mark

On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 05:50:12PM +0300, Mark Ryden
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have Fedora Core 6 on x86_64 machine.
> I want to build the virt-manager latest from mercurial repository.
> I follwed the instructions on the web:
> http://virt-manager.et.redhat.com/scmrepo.html
> 
> I had performed
> "hg clone 
http://hg.et.redhat.com/virt/applications/virt-manager--devel"
> 
> and them ran:
> 
> ./autobuild.sh
> make: *** No rule to make target `distclean''.
> aclocal:configure.ac:6: warning: macro `AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION''
not
> found in library
> aclocal:configure.ac:7: warning: macro `AM_GNU_GETTEXT'' not found
in library
> configure.ac: installing `./install-sh''
> configure.ac: installing `./missing''
> src/graphWidgets/Makefile.am: installing `./compile''
> src/graphWidgets/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp''
> configure.ac:6: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION
>      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
>      See the Autoconf documentation.
> configure.ac:7: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT
> 
> I have on this FC6:  gettext-0.14.6-3.fc6, (from rpm of
> the original installation) , intltool-0.35.5 (build from source).
> 
> Why is it so ? what should I do ?
Sounds like you are missing  the ''gettext-devel'' package

$ grep -l AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION /usr/share/aclocal/*.m4
/usr/share/aclocal/gettext.m4

$ rpm -qf /usr/share/aclocal/gettext.m4
gettext-devel-0.14.6-4.fc6


Regards,
Dan.
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Hello,
- Thanks all.

- Ok, I ran: "yum install gettext-devel" and installed
gettext-devel-0.14.6-4.fc6.
Now:
running:
./autobuild.sh
gives:
make: *** No rule to make target `distclean''.
libtoolize: `config.guess'' exists: use `--force'' to overwrite
libtoolize: `config.sub'' exists: use `--force'' to overwrite
libtoolize: `ltmain.sh'' exists: use `--force'' to overwrite
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
../configure: line 1977: syntax error near unexpected token `0.35.0,''
../configure: line 1977: `IT_PROG_INTLTOOL(0.35.0, no-xml)''
line 1977 includes :
where: IT_PROG_INTLTOOL(0.35.0, no-xml)

As I said, I have intltool-0.35.5 on this machine (built and installed
from source tar file).

Any ideas ?
Regards,
Mark



On 6/25/07, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 05:50:12PM +0300, Mark Ryden wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have Fedora Core 6 on x86_64 machine.
> > I want to build the virt-manager latest from mercurial repository.
> > I follwed the instructions on the web:
> > http://virt-manager.et.redhat.com/scmrepo.html
> >
> > I had performed
> > "hg clone 
http://hg.et.redhat.com/virt/applications/virt-manager--devel"
> >
> > and them ran:
> >
> > ./autobuild.sh
> > make: *** No rule to make target `distclean''.
> > aclocal:configure.ac:6: warning: macro
`AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION'' not
> > found in library
> > aclocal:configure.ac:7: warning: macro `AM_GNU_GETTEXT'' not
found in library
> > configure.ac: installing `./install-sh''
> > configure.ac: installing `./missing''
> > src/graphWidgets/Makefile.am: installing `./compile''
> > src/graphWidgets/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp''
> > configure.ac:6: error: possibly undefined macro:
AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION
> >      If this token and others are legitimate, please use
m4_pattern_allow.
> >      See the Autoconf documentation.
> > configure.ac:7: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT
> >
> > I have on this FC6:  gettext-0.14.6-3.fc6, (from rpm of
> > the original installation) , intltool-0.35.5 (build from source).
> >
> > Why is it so ? what should I do ?
>
> Sounds like you are missing  the ''gettext-devel'' package
>
> $ grep -l AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION /usr/share/aclocal/*.m4
> /usr/share/aclocal/gettext.m4
>
> $ rpm -qf /usr/share/aclocal/gettext.m4
> gettext-devel-0.14.6-4.fc6
>
>
> Regards,
> Dan.
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>

Mark Ryden wrote:
> Hello,
> - Thanks all.
> 
> - Ok, I ran: "yum install gettext-devel" and installed
> gettext-devel-0.14.6-4.fc6.
> Now:
> running:
> ./autobuild.sh
> gives:
> make: *** No rule to make target `distclean''.
> libtoolize: `config.guess'' exists: use `--force'' to
overwrite
> libtoolize: `config.sub'' exists: use `--force'' to
overwrite
> libtoolize: `ltmain.sh'' exists: use `--force'' to
overwrite
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> ../configure: line 1977: syntax error near unexpected token
`0.35.0,''
> ../configure: line 1977: `IT_PROG_INTLTOOL(0.35.0, no-xml)''
> line 1977 includes :
> where: IT_PROG_INTLTOOL(0.35.0, no-xml)
> 
> As I said, I have intltool-0.35.5 on this machine (built and installed
> from source tar file).
Couple of questions:

Does your aclocal.m4 file contain a definition of IT_PROG_INTLTOOL?  The 
definition starts like this:

   dnl IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([MINIMUM-VERSION], [no-xml])
   # serial 35 IT_PROG_INTLTOOL
   AC_DEFUN([IT_PROG_INTLTOOL],
   [AC_PREREQ([2.50])dnl
etc.

You mentioned in your first email that you''re trying to compile this on
FC6, in which case you should have all these tools available through 
yum, ie: yum install intltool

You shouldn''t need to rebuild anything (except the latest virt-manager)
from source ...

Rich.

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Hello,
Thanks;
After uninstalling intltool and "yum install intltool" everything went
ok on FC6.
I have a machine with FC7 on which I tried the same and ./autogen.sh fails,
giving the following message (required file `./config.rpath'' not
found).
(see below full log).

On this machine I have:
gettext-0.16.1-8.fc7
gettext-devel-0.16.1-8.fc7
pygtk2-devel-2.10.4-2.fc7
gtk2-devel-2.10.11-7.fc7
intltool-0.35.5-3.fc7

Does anybody know: what is this "config.rpath" error  ?  I googled for
it but could not find a satisfiable error. I want to add that
on the FC6 , a config.rpath file is not generated.
Did anybody have success with building on FC7 machines after downloading from
repositories ?

Here is the full output on the FC7 machine:

./autogen.sh
configure.ac:7: required file `./config.rpath'' not found
configure.ac:2: installing `./missing''
configure.ac:2: installing `./install-sh''
pixmaps/Makefile.am:3: wildcard $(srcdir: non-POSIX variable name
pixmaps/Makefile.am:3: (probably a GNU make extension)
src/Makefile.am:15: wildcard $(srcdir: non-POSIX variable name
src/Makefile.am:15: (probably a GNU make extension)
src/Makefile.am:35: `%''-style pattern rules are a GNU make extension
src/Makefile.am:38: `%''-style pattern rules are a GNU make extension
src/Makefile.am:41: `%''-style pattern rules are a GNU make extension
src/Makefile.am:44: `%''-style pattern rules are a GNU make extension
src/Makefile.am:26: variable `schema_SOURCES'' is defined but no program
or
src/Makefile.am:26: library has `schema'' as canonic name (possible
typo)
src/Makefile.am:11: variable `libexec_SOURCES'' is defined but no
program or
src/Makefile.am:11: library has `libexec'' as canonic name (possible
typo)
src/Makefile.am:4: variable `bin_SOURCES'' is defined but no program or
src/Makefile.am:4: library has `bin'' as canonic name (possible typo)
src/Makefile.am:18: variable `desktop_SOURCES'' is defined but no
program or
src/Makefile.am:18: library has `desktop'' as canonic name (possible
typo)
src/Makefile.am:8: variable `python_SOURCES'' is defined but no program
or
src/Makefile.am:8: library has `python'' as canonic name (possible typo)
src/Makefile.am:22: variable `dbus_SOURCES'' is defined but no program
or
src/Makefile.am:22: library has `dbus'' as canonic name (possible typo)
src/graphWidgets/Makefile.am:5: `:=''-style assignments are not portable
src/graphWidgets/Makefile.am:5: shell pkg-config --variable=codegendir
pygtk-2.0: non-POSIX variable name
src/graphWidgets/Makefile.am:5: (probably a GNU make extension)
src/graphWidgets/Makefile.am:6: `:=''-style assignments are not portable
src/graphWidgets/Makefile.am:6: shell pkg-config --variable=defsdir
pygtk-2.0: non-POSIX variable name
src/graphWidgets/Makefile.am:6: (probably a GNU make extension)
src/graphWidgets/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp''
src/virtManager/Makefile.am:3: wildcard $(srcdir: non-POSIX variable name
src/virtManager/Makefile.am:3: (probably a GNU make extension)
src/virtManager/Makefile.am:7: python_DATA:$(srcdir: non-POSIX variable name
src/virtManager/Makefile.am:15: `%''-style pattern rules are a GNU make
extension
src/vncViewer/Makefile.am:3: wildcard $(srcdir: non-POSIX variable name
src/vncViewer/Makefile.am:3: (probably a GNU make extension)

Regards,
Mark

On 6/26/07, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
wrote:
> Mark Ryden wrote:
> > Hello,
> > - Thanks all.
> >
> > - Ok, I ran: "yum install gettext-devel" and installed
> > gettext-devel-0.14.6-4.fc6.
> > Now:
> > running:
> > ./autobuild.sh
> > gives:
> > make: *** No rule to make target `distclean''.
> > libtoolize: `config.guess'' exists: use `--force'' to
overwrite
> > libtoolize: `config.sub'' exists: use `--force'' to
overwrite
> > libtoolize: `ltmain.sh'' exists: use `--force'' to
overwrite
> > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> > checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> > checking for gawk... gawk
> > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> > ../configure: line 1977: syntax error near unexpected token
`0.35.0,''
> > ../configure: line 1977: `IT_PROG_INTLTOOL(0.35.0, no-xml)''
> > line 1977 includes :
> > where: IT_PROG_INTLTOOL(0.35.0, no-xml)
> >
> > As I said, I have intltool-0.35.5 on this machine (built and installed
> > from source tar file).
>
> Couple of questions:
>
> Does your aclocal.m4 file contain a definition of IT_PROG_INTLTOOL?  The
> definition starts like this:
>
>    dnl IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([MINIMUM-VERSION], [no-xml])
>    # serial 35 IT_PROG_INTLTOOL
>    AC_DEFUN([IT_PROG_INTLTOOL],
>    [AC_PREREQ([2.50])dnl
> etc.
>
> You mentioned in your first email that you''re trying to compile
this on
> FC6, in which case you should have all these tools available through
> yum, ie: yum install intltool
>
> You shouldn''t need to rebuild anything (except the latest
virt-manager)
> from source ...
>
> Rich.
>
> --
> Emerging Technologies, Red Hat - http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/
> Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod
> Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, United Kingdom.  Registered in
> England and Wales under Company Registration No. 03798903
>
>

Mark Ryden wrote:
> Hello,
> Thanks;
> After uninstalling intltool and "yum install intltool" everything
went
> ok on FC6.
> I have a machine with FC7 on which I tried the same and ./autogen.sh fails,
> giving the following message (required file `./config.rpath'' not
found).
> (see below full log).
> 
> On this machine I have:
> gettext-0.16.1-8.fc7
> gettext-devel-0.16.1-8.fc7
Not sure about this one.  On my machine I have config.rpath in the 
libvirt directory (not in the virt-manager directory however), and I 
also have:

$ rpm -qf /usr/share/gettext/config.rpath
gettext-devel-0.14.6-4.fc6

If you have it there, try copying it to the build directory?  I have no 
idea if that will work, but it''s worth a try.

BTW, Fedora and Debian (rightly IMO) deprecate use of rpaths, see: 
http://people.debian.org/~che/personal/rpath-considered-harmful and 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#head-a1dfb5f46bf4098841e31a75d833e6e1b3e72544
On the other hand, the GNU toolchain seems to prefer to add it to libraries.

Rich.

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On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 04:09:32PM +0300, Mark Ryden
wrote:
> Hello,
> Thanks;
> After uninstalling intltool and "yum install intltool" everything
went
> ok on FC6.
> I have a machine with FC7 on which I tried the same and ./autogen.sh fails,
> giving the following message (required file `./config.rpath'' not
found).
> (see below full log).
> 
> On this machine I have:
> gettext-0.16.1-8.fc7
> gettext-devel-0.16.1-8.fc7
> pygtk2-devel-2.10.4-2.fc7
> gtk2-devel-2.10.11-7.fc7
> intltool-0.35.5-3.fc7
> 
> Does anybody know: what is this "config.rpath" error  ?  I
googled for
> it but could not find a satisfiable error. I want to add that
> on the FC6 , a config.rpath file is not generated.
> Did anybody have success with building on FC7 machines after downloading 
> from
> repositories ?
Its a bug in current virt-manager code. The workaround is to simply run

  ''touch config.rpath'' 

We''ll figure out a real fix...

Dan.
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