[cgma-dev] build issues, libtool

[Jason Kraftcheck]

Jed Brown wrote:
> Jason Kraftcheck wrote:
>> Jed Brown wrote:
>>> My system is automake 1.11, autoconf 2.64, libtool 2.2.6a, gcc 4.4.1.  I
>>> pulled the most recent CGM (r3134), ran autoreconf -fi, and then
>>> subsequently hit some build issues.  I don't know if this is due to new
>>> versions on my end, or updates to CGM in the last couple months
>>> (changelog suggests the former, but I'd rather not revert my environment
>>> to confirm this unless it's important).
>>>
>> I cannot reproduce the issues you see below.  More comments below.  I tried
>> using automake 1.10.1 and autoconf 2.61 with both version 1.5.26 and 2.2.6a
>> of libtool.  I think something is wrong with your libtool installation.
> 
> This could be, but other autotools projects are building just fine.
> FWIW, autoreconf -fi produces a lot more warnings now than it has in the
> past.  Are you sure the newer versions of automake and autoconf aren't
> causing the problem?
> 

I was able to reproduce this error (no -fPIC) when using the latest versions
of autoconf and automake.  I was unable to determine why this was happening,
but re-ordering some of the checks seems to make the problem disappear, so
its fixed/worked around.  I think there's a bug in the autotools stuff
somewhere.

- jason