<br><tt><font size=2>>There should be links from the COIN<br>
>home page for the COIN wiki's, or at least to a COIN Help page that<br>
>includes all the wiki links plus email list and archive links.</font></tt>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Amen! </font>
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<br><tt><font size=2>> I'm going to leave the "official reply"
to the experts, but I <br>
> do know that the autotools are very sensitive to the <br>
> particular version you are using. Mixing and matching does <br>
> not work well. To get the exact version we are all using, see <br>
> the instructions here:<br>
> <br>
> https://projects.coin-or.org/BuildTools/wiki/pm-get-autotools<br>
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> I tried running "autoreconf --install" myself and didn't
get <br>
> the same errors, but I am using the approved version.<br>
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I'm using autoconf 2.59, which is the prereq in coin's configure.ac. I<br>
don't see documentation to indicate what the 'blessed' versions are for<br>
other tools.<br>
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> By the <br>
> way, what is the reason for running autoreconf? I can't <br>
> really figure out what it is for by reading the man page. I <br>
> tried running it, but still couldn't get much intuition. I'm <br>
> pretty new to the autotools.<br>
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>From the 'autoreconf' info file: `autoreconf' runs `autoconf',<br>
`autoheader', `aclocal', `automake',<br>
`libtoolize', and `autopoint' (when appropriate) repeatedly to update<br>
the GNU Build System in the specified directories and their<br>
subdirectories (*note Subdirectories::). <br>
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Basically, it simplifies the process of applying the components of the<br>
GNU Build System.<br>
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> About creating a Trac page for "uber-problems" such as yours:
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> something like the problem you are seeing should be submitted <br>
> to the ticket system<br>
> here:<br>
> <br>
> https://projects.coin-or.org/BuildTools<br>
> <br>
> We need to do a better job of directing people to this site. <br>
> That said, however, I think we may still need an "uber-site"
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> for general COIN information. We are currently discussing the <br>
> creation of such a site. <br>
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Yes, I agree. I had trouble finding the Trac wiki's. In fact,
the Trac<br>
links point to the wiki for Trac! There should be links from the
COIN<br>
home page for the COIN wiki's, or at least to a COIN Help page that<br>
includes all the wiki links plus email list and archive links.<br>
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--Bill<br>
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P.S. FWIW, I was able to integrate the COIN build process with Acro<br>
(which contains PICO) using the existing 'configure' script. It worked<br>
fine on Linux, but my experience with similar integration suggests that<br>
that will not be sufficient to ensure portable operation on other<br>
platforms without using the autotools directly.<br>
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