[Kexi] compiling kexi 1

[Jaroslaw S]

On 24 March 2010 21:36, Anne Wainwright <anotheranne at fables.co.za> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am having trouble here compiling kexi 1 from svn (under ubuntu karmic
> koala)
>
> At the make stage i am using the -n switch (--dry-run)
>
> I get the following error
>
> configure:29950: error: possibly undefined macro: AH_CHECK_HEADERS
> If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
>
> I am using autoconf 2.64-1ubuntu1 . I found following info on
> http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-devel-list@redhat.com/msg12091.html
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> autoconf-2.64-2.fc13
> --------------------
> * Tue Nov 24 2009 Stepan Kasal <ska... at redhat.com> - 2.64-2
> - add back upstream AH_CHECK_HEADERS, backported from upstream
>  fixes some build failures
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> should I maybe go back to autoconf 2.13-59 or 2.59-1  ?
> (don't find 2.64-2 in synaptic listing on ubuntu)
> and would this be the fix for the problem?


Hi, I think the first step is to downgrade tools like autoconf.
I have not built kexi 1 on newer systems. Downgrading tools can be
however hard on newer systems, building them (tools) from source may
be needed... It's all-or-nothing situation.
Another way to prepare build for kexi 1 is to use unsermake, a
replacement for automake.

I wonder if there is a help possible to get from an autoconf/autotools
mailing list?

These are just quick ideas.

All the issues with ancient tools like automake/autoconf encouraged us
to move to cmake in kexi 2. I hope you will find it easier to build
onc you start to use kexi 2 one day.

-- 
regards / pozdrawiam, Jaroslaw Staniek
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