configure - autoreconf -vif #23

gzpapp · 2018-07-27T12:13:32Z

I'm trying to run autoreconf -vif in the top directory, but getting the following error:

Makefile.am:29: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is undefined
Makefile.am:29: The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT'
Makefile.am:29: to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again.
Makefile.am:29: If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make sure
Makefile.am:29: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
Makefile.am:38: error: 'pkgconfig_DATA' is used but 'pkgconfigdir' is undefined

zackw · 2018-07-27T12:35:19Z

LT_INIT does appear in configure.ac, and pkgconfigdir is supposed to be defined by PKG_INSTALLDIR. Also, I frequently use autoreconf -vif myself and it works fine. There must be something else wrong. Could you please post the complete and unedited output of autoconf --version, autoreconf --version, automake --version, aclocal --version, libtoolize --version, and autoreconf -vif in a clean git checkout? This is what I get when I run those commands:

$ autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
$ autoreconf --version
autoreconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.15.1
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
       and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.
$ aclocal --version
aclocal (GNU automake) 1.15.1
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
       and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.
$ libtoolize --version
libtoolize (GNU libtool) 2.4.6
Written by Gary V. Vaughan <gary@gnu.org>, 2003

Copyright (C) 2015 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.

$ autoreconf -vif
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --force
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
configure.ac:26: installing 'm4/compile'
configure.ac:25: installing 'm4/config.guess'
configure.ac:25: installing 'm4/config.sub'
configure.ac:16: installing 'm4/install-sh'
configure.ac:16: installing 'm4/missing'
Makefile.am: installing './INSTALL'
Makefile.am: installing 'm4/depcomp'
parallel-tests: installing 'm4/test-driver'
autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'

It would also be helpful to know what operating system you are trying to build for, in detail (e.g. if Linux then tell us which distribution and its approximate age).

gzpapp · 2018-07-27T12:56:17Z

After investigating the log files I discovered, that an installed libtool was missing. Now seems autoreconf -vif works fine without any error. Sorry for the noise.

gzpapp · 2018-07-27T13:07:19Z

Found in the configure log:

configure: line 4372: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG: command not found
configure: line 4373: PKG_INSTALLDIR: command not found

From the configure script the above lines looks like:

Dependencies

PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
PKG_INSTALLDIR

gzpapp · 2018-07-27T13:19:01Z

My fault again, related to this error:

Makefile.am:38: error: 'pkgconfig_DATA' is used but 'pkgconfigdir' is undefined.

From the beginning:

$ autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html, http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

$ autoreconf --version
autoreconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html, http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.15
Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Tom Tromey tromey@redhat.com
and Alexandre Duret-Lutz adl@gnu.org.

$ aclocal --version
aclocal (GNU automake) 1.15
Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Tom Tromey tromey@redhat.com
and Alexandre Duret-Lutz adl@gnu.org.

$ libtoolize --version
libtoolize (GNU libtool) 2.4.6
Written by Gary V. Vaughan gary@gnu.org, 2003

Copyright (C) 2015 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.

$ autoreconf -vif
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --force
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
configure.ac:26: installing 'm4/compile'
configure.ac:25: installing 'm4/config.guess'
configure.ac:25: installing 'm4/config.sub'
configure.ac:16: installing 'm4/install-sh'
configure.ac:16: installing 'm4/missing'
Makefile.am: installing './INSTALL'
Makefile.am: installing 'm4/depcomp'
Makefile.am:38: error: 'pkgconfig_DATA' is used but 'pkgconfigdir' is undefined
parallel-tests: installing 'm4/test-driver'
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1

gzpapp · 2018-07-27T13:23:17Z

Installing missing pkgconf solved the problem:

$ pkgconf --version
0.28

I was missing libtool and pkgconf. Now autoreconf -vif works fine.

zackw · 2018-07-27T14:25:33Z

Would you mind reopening this again? I’m going to treat it as a request to document the tools you need in order to build from a git checkout.

…

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ldv-alt · 2018-08-01T20:53:58Z

btw, pkgconf is not the only option available, one can use e.g. pkg-config >= 0.27 instead.

gzpapp · 2018-08-02T09:11:56Z

On debian stable pkg-config is symlink to pkgconf.

ldv-alt · 2018-08-02T10:14:29Z

pkg-config is symlink to pkgconf only if pkgconf package is installed.

gzpapp · 2018-08-02T10:45:40Z

distro madness :-P
Anyway, one of them needed for running autoreconf -vif

* README.md: mention yescrypt * README.md: document required tools for building from a Git checkout (issue #23) * README.md: document that -flto cannot be used due to incompatibility with symbol versioning (issue #24) * README.md: use curly quotes and apostrophes; use out-of-line hyperlinks for better readability as plain text * AUTHORS: say that the sunmd5 hash module is a clean-room reimplementation to avoid the CDDL * THANKS: move prior contributor credits here from README; alphabetize; mention Dmitry Levin, Alec Muffett, and Colin Percival * crypt_gensalt.3: document errno codes that can occur when obtaining random bytes from the operating system fails

zackw · 2018-08-29T16:51:24Z

Requirements for building from a git checkout are now documented in README.md. Please let us know if there's still something missing.

gzpapp · 2018-08-30T10:16:45Z

Looks good, thanks for your work!

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gzpapp reopened this Jul 27, 2018

zackw added documentation Primarily an issue with the documentation. and removed need more information We cannot do anything about this issue until we have more information. labels Aug 9, 2018

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