[vlc-devel] Bootstrap failure (missing autoconf macro)

[ogg.k.ogg.k at googlemail.com]

Hi,

bootstrap fails on a fresh tree. I'm not an autotools
wizard, but it might well be a versions problem.

I have newer versions of the autotools as the ones
given in HACKING:
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.63
automake (GNU automake) 1.10.2
gettext (GNU gettext-runtime) 0.17

Running ./bootstrap on a freshly cloned tree yields:

++ dirname ./bootstrap
+ cd .
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS='-I m4 '
+ test -d extras/contrib/bin
++ uname -s
+ test .Linux = .Darwin
+ pkg-config --version
+ PKGCONFIG=yes
+ export AUTOPOINT
+ test ''
+ AUTOPOINT=autopoint
+ autopoint --dry-run --force
+ set +x
generating modules/**/Makefile.am
.............................................................................
+ echo
+ echo
+ cp -f INSTALL INSTALL.git
+ autoreconf --install --force --verbose -I m4
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: running: autopoint --force
Copying file ABOUT-NLS
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
/usr/share/aclocal/imlib.m4:9: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_IMLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/imlib.m4:9:   run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
/usr/share/aclocal/imlib.m4:9:   or see
http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
configure.ac:415: error: m4_undefine: undefined macro: AC_DEPLIBS_CHECK_METHOD
configure.ac:415: the top level
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal: autom4te failed with exit status: 1
autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1