[vlc-devel] Re: Latest CVS source and Mac OSX

[John Michael Zorko]

Loic,

Thanks for your continued assistance!

>> I have been -- I can build VLC 0.5.3 fine following those directions.
>> It is only when trying to build the latest VLC sources from CVS that I
>> run into these problems.  I am using Christophe's /usr/local ...
>
>    Christophe's /usr/local ships with automake 1.6, the error suggests
>  you have an older version in your path, how is your path?

Last login: Sun May 11 20:43:32 on ttyp2
Welcome to Darwin!
[Pugsley:~] jmzorko% echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sw/bin:/usr/ 
X11R6/bin
[Pugsley:~] jmzorko% cd multimedia/videolan/mpeg2dec-0.3.2-cvs/
AUTHORS       Makefile.am   TODO          bootstrap*    include/       
test/
COPYING       Makefile.in   acinclude.m4  configure*    libmpeg2/      
vc++/
ChangeLog     NEWS          aclocal.m4    configure.in  libvo/
INSTALL       README        autotools/    doc/          src/
[Pugsley:~] jmzorko% cd multimedia/videolan/mpeg2dec-0.3.2-cvs/
[Pugsley:~/multimedia/videolan/mpeg2dec-0.3.2-cvs] jmzorko% ./bootstrap
+ aclocal -I autotools
+ libtoolize --force --copy
You should update your `aclocal.m4' by running aclocal.
Putting files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `autotools'.
+ autoheader
configure.in:2: error: Autoconf version 2.54 or higher is required for  
this script
configure.in:2: the top level
autoconf: tracing failed
+ automake --add-missing --copy
configure.in:10: `automake requires `AM_CONFIG_HEADER', not  
`AC_CONFIG_HEADER'
+ autoconf
configure.in:2: error: Autoconf version 2.54 or higher is required for  
this script
configure.in:2: the top level
+ rm -f config.cache
[Pugsley:~/multimedia/videolan/mpeg2dec-0.3.2-cvs] jmzorko%

... automake is fine:

[Pugsley:~/multimedia/videolan/mpeg2dec-0.3.2-cvs] jmzorko% whereis  
automake
/usr/bin/automake
[Pugsley:~/multimedia/videolan/mpeg2dec-0.3.2-cvs] jmzorko% automake  
--version
automake (GNU automake) 1.6.3
Written by Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat.com>.

Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is  
NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  
PURPOSE.

... the problem seems to be with autoconf:

[Pugsley:~/multimedia/videolan/mpeg2dec-0.3.2-cvs] jmzorko% whereis  
autoconf
/usr/bin/autoconf
[Pugsley:~/multimedia/videolan/mpeg2dec-0.3.2-cvs] jmzorko% autoconf  
--version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.52
Written by David J. MacKenzie.

Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is  
NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  
PURPOSE.
[Pugsley:~/multimedia/videolan/mpeg2dec-0.3.2-cvs] jmzorko%

... what am I doing wrong?  Are you able to build the latest VLC  
sources, from CVS, on Mac OSX 10.2.x?  How did you do it if so?

Regards,

John

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