gnu-smalltalk failed to build on 10.8.2

[sp3c73r2038]

Hi, I tried to install gnu-smalltalk with homebrew and get following error.

configure.ac:22: error: 'AM_CONFIG_HEADER': this macro is obsolete.
    You should use the 'AC_CONFIG_HEADERS' macro instead.
/usr/local/Cellar/automake/1.13.1/share/aclocal-1.13/obsolete-err.m4:14: AM_CONFIG_HEADER is expanded from...
configure.ac:22: the top level

the whole error log https://gist.github.com/4528047

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

[jacknagel]

We can patch this (and have for other formulae) but could you also report it to the gnu-smalltalk project? The issue is that it is using macros that no longer exist in automake 1.13.

[sp3c73r2038]

Thanks for the info, I've reported to the gnu-smalltalk project.

That means currently I can build with previous version of automake then, or should I wait for the patch?

[bonzini]

I'll patch GNU Smalltalk upstream, but can you guys please ask the automake maintainer to revert the change?

It brings absolutely no benefit for Automake, and is a big hassle for everyone else.

[jacknagel]

Looks like this was fixed upstream last spring? Anyway, we're not going to be the go-between trying to get automake to revert this.