Re: DPKG on non-Debian Systems

[Marc Singer <elf@netcom.com>]

> 
> Let me start by saying I have not compiled dpkg myself.  However I have
> had to use automake/autoconf a good deal.  So here goes.....
> 
> The normal sequence is to run: aclocal;automake;autoconf and then
> ./configure and make.  If you add a --verbose (or is it one '-') you
> will see what it is doing and possibly why it is failing.

  Awesome.  This is the result:

elf@florence ...src/dpkg-1.4.0.23.2 > aclocal
aclocal: configure.in: 93: macro `AM_GNU_GETTEXT' not found in library
aclocal: configure.in: 112: macro `AM_PROG_LIBTOOL' not found in library
elf@florence ...src/dpkg-1.4.0.23.2 > automake
elf@florence ...src/dpkg-1.4.0.23.2 > automake
automake: configure.in: required file `./install-sh' not found
automake: configure.in: required file `./mkinstalldirs' not found
automake: configure.in: required file `./missing' not found
configure.in: 112: required file `./ltconfig' not found
configure.in: 112: required file `./ltmain.sh' not found
configure.in: 112: required file `./config.guess' not found
configure.in: 112: required file `./config.sub' not found
automake: configure.in: required file `./config.guess' not found
automake: configure.in: required file `./config.sub' not found
configure.in: 6: required file `./config.h.in' not found
configure.in: 93: required file `./ABOUT-NLS' not found
Makefile.am:11: required directory ./intl does not exist
automake: dselect/Makefile.am: C++ source seen but `CXX' not defined in `configure.in'
scripts/Makefile.am:660: required file `scripts/elisp-comp' not found
elf@florence ...src/dpkg-1.4.0.23.2 > autoconf
configure.in:119: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow
cross compiling
configure.in:120: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow
cross compiling

  From this, it doesn't look like either a) I have everything I need, or
  b) dpkg is meant to be configured this way. 

More suggestions?

-- Marc



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