configure of distcc-3.0 faails

[GoogleCodeExporter]

When I retrieve the latest source (http://distcc.googlecode.com/files/
distcc-3.0.tar.bz2) and try to build it, I get the following error when 
running configure:
./configure: line 8145: syntax error near unexpected token `AVAHI,'
./configure: line 8145: `    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(AVAHI, avahi-client >= 0.6,'

Running autogen.sh before produces the following output:
./autogen.sh: running aclocal
aclocal: couldn't open directory `m4': No such file or directory
./autogen.sh: running autoheader
./autogen.sh: running autoconf
configure.ac:90: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.

This happens on 2 different machines (both Linux, same errors):
CentOS something
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6

Debian testing
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.61
automake (GNU automake) 1.10.1

Original issue reported on code.google.com by metalh...@metalhead.ws on 13 Oct 2008 at 10:46

[GoogleCodeExporter]

To build from the distcc 3.0 source distribution, just unpack it and run 
"./configure" and then "make" - do 
NOT run autoconf or autogen.sh.  If you just run configure and make, without 
running autoconf or 
autogen.sh, then you won't get the errors that you reported.

That said, it ought to work even if you run autoconf or autogen.sh.  I was able 
to reproduce the errors that 
you reported, by running autoconf before running configure.  The reason that 
this fails is that we don't 
include the "m4" directory in the source distribution - that's a bug, IMHO.
The following patch should fix it (for future source distributions).

Index: Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- Makefile.in (revision 617)
+++ Makefile.in (working copy)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
        $(dist_extra)                                           \
        $(gnome_data)

-dist_dirs = include_server/test_data
+dist_dirs = m4 include_server/test_data

 dist_lzo = lzo/minilzo.c lzo/minilzo.h lzo/lzoconf.h lzo/.stamp-conf.in

Original comment by fergus.h...@gmail.com on 26 Oct 2008 at 6:58

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Original comment by fergus.h...@gmail.com on 26 Oct 2008 at 6:59

• Changed state: Started

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I've submitted that patch to the repository.
So now this will be fixed as soon as we do the next release.

Original comment by fergus.h...@gmail.com on 27 Oct 2008 at 2:19

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Fixed in distcc 3.1.

Original comment by fergus.h...@gmail.com on 3 Dec 2008 at 12:04

• Changed state: Fixed