[Coin-discuss] Help with COIN configuration...

[Ted Ralphs]

Hi Bill,

I'm going to leave the "official reply" to the experts, but I do know 
that the autotools are very sensitive to the particular version you are 
using. Mixing and matching does not work well. To get the exact version 
we are all using, see the instructions here:

https://projects.coin-or.org/BuildTools/wiki/pm-get-autotools

I tried running "autoreconf --install" myself and didn't get the same 
errors, but I am using the approved version. By the way, what is the 
reason for running autoreconf? I can't really figure out what it is for 
by reading the man page. I tried running it, but still couldn't get much 
intuition. I'm pretty new to the autotools.

About creating a Trac page for "uber-problems" such as yours: something 
like the problem you are seeing should be submitted to the ticket system 
here:

https://projects.coin-or.org/BuildTools

We need to do a better job of directing people to this site. That said, 
however, I think we may still need an "uber-site" for general COIN 
information. We are currently discussing the creation of such a site. 
Thanks for your feedback.

Cheers,

Ted

Hart, William E wrote:
> It isn't clear to me which Coin list should be used for high-level
> issues regarding Coin configuration management.  Similarly, it would
> seem wise to have a high-level Wiki for general Coin trouble tickets.
> 
> Here's my specific issue: I downloaded all of Coin, and tried running
> 
>     autoreconf --install
> 
> in the top-level directory. Doing so, I got the following error:
> 
> [wehart at tofu COIN_2006Sep06]$ autoreconf --install configure.ac: no
> proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found. configure.ac: You
> should verify that configure.ac invokes AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, configure.ac:
> that aclocal.m4 is present in the top-level directory, configure.ac: and
> that aclocal.m4 was recently regenerated (using aclocal).
> BuildTools/Makemain?.inc:13: MAINTAINER_MODE does not appear in
> AM_CONDITIONAL Makefile.am:46: `BuildTools/Makemain?.inc' included from
> here BuildTools/Makemain?.inc:39: HAVE_EXTERNALS does not appear in
> AM_CONDITIONAL Makefile.am:46: `BuildTools/Makemain?.inc' included from
> here BuildTools/Makemain?.inc:53: HAVE_EXTERNALS does not appear in
> AM_CONDITIONAL Makefile.am:46: `BuildTools/Makemain?.inc' included from
> here autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
> 
> Any idea why I see this behavior? I _should_ be able to use autoreconf
> with Coin, right? 
> 
> --Bill
> 
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Dr. Ted Ralphs
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Lehigh University
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