[vlc-devel] VLC Newbie has bootstrap errors

[Hannes Breitschaedel]

Hi List!
 
I have been using VLC Player for a long time and I am very happy with
it. Sure, it is the best available Player.
Since I have some ideas to improve it I tried to download and compile
the source.
 
--------- I started with the WIKI:--------------
 
http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileMSYSNew
 
Everything worked out, but unfortunatley vlc bootstrap failed.:
 
"
configure.ac:1: error: possibly undefined macro: dnl
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use
m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation."
 
 
find the whole shell output at the end of this mail.
 
 
------------------My System:--------------------
MacBook Pro with Windows XP, MingW + MSYS
 
---------------Personal Background:-----------------------
Experienced and Professional C/C++ Signal Processing Develper and
Resercher.
 
I have almost no knowledge about Unix.
 
-------------My goal:----------------
Implement new signal processing features in vlc player such as virtual
binaural surround sound.
 
 
----------Questions:----------
ist there a more simple way to compile than in the wiki available, such
as simple unzipping images of c/migw, c/msys, c/vlc with all the files
and compatible versions in it?
 
Who can help me?
 
All the best!
Hannes
 
 
 
------------shell dump:-----------------
 
Hannes at HANNESBOOK /c/vlc/vlc
$ ./bootstrap
++ dirname ./bootstrap
+ cd .
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS=-I m4 
+ test -d extras/contrib/bin
++ uname -s
+ test .MINGW32_NT-5.1 = .Darwin
+ pkg-config --version
+ PKGCONFIG=yes
+ export AUTOPOINT
+ test ''
+ AUTOPOINT=autopoint
+ autopoint --dry-run --force
+ AUTOPOINT=true
+ echo
+ set +x
generating modules/**/Makefile.am
........................................................................
..........
+ echo
+ echo
+ cp -f INSTALL INSTALL.git
+ autoreconf --install --force --verbose -I m4
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: running: true --force
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
configure.ac:463: warning: AM_PROG_MKDIR_P is m4_require'd but not
m4_defun'd
m4/po.m4:23: AM_PO_SUBDIRS is expanded from...
m4/gettext.m4:57: AM_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
configure.ac:463: the top level
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
C:\msys\1.0\local\bin\libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in
AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `autotools'.
C:\msys\1.0\local\bin\libtoolize: copying file `autotools/ltmain.sh'
C:\msys\1.0\local\bin\libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR,
`m4'.
C:\msys\1.0\local\bin\libtoolize: copying file `m4/libtool.m4'
C:\msys\1.0\local\bin\libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltoptions.m4'
C:\msys\1.0\local\bin\libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltsugar.m4'
C:\msys\1.0\local\bin\libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltversion.m4'
C:\msys\1.0\local\bin\libtoolize: copying file `m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
autoreconf: running: /usr/local/bin/autoconf --include=m4 --force
configure.ac:463: warning: AM_PROG_MKDIR_P is m4_require'd but not
m4_defun'd
m4/po.m4:23: AM_PO_SUBDIRS is expanded from...
m4/gettext.m4:57: AM_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
configure.ac:463: the top level
configure.ac:1: error: possibly undefined macro: dnl
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use
m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:11: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_SUBST
configure.ac:25: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
configure.ac:26: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONFIG_HEADER
configure.ac:34: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_IF
configure.ac:36: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
configure.ac:52: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_ARG_ENABLE
configure.ac:56: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR
configure.ac:76: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE
configure.ac:78: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_CC_C_O
configure.ac:82: error: possibly undefined macro: _AM_DEPENDENCIES
configure.ac:86: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_AS
configure.ac:103: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_HELP_STRING
configure.ac:134: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_WARN
configure.ac:322: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_TRY_LINK
configure.ac:415: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONDITIONAL
configure.ac:495: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_LIB
configure.ac:504: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CACHE_CHECK
configure.ac:596: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_HEADERS
configure.ac:2267: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PATH_PROG
configure.ac:5057: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PATH_PROGS
configure:17355: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_MKDIR_P
autoreconf: /usr/local/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
 
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