Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:29:36 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@suscom.net>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unable to find 'automake' Message-ID: <200602251629.37113.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.64.0602251818240.2220@obff> References: <Pine.WNT.4.64.0602251818240.2220@obff>
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On Saturday 25 February 2006 15:23, Gerard Seibert wrote: > Using FreeBSD 5.4 > > While building 'portmanager', I noticed this error message: > > Making all in libMG > Making all in src > cd ../.. && /bin/sh > /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager/work/portmanager-0.4.1/missing --run > automake --gnu libMG/src/Makefile > automake: not found > WARNING: `automake' is missing on your system. You should only need it if > you modified `Makefile.am', `acinclude.m4' or `configure.ac'. > You might want to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages. > Grab them from any GNU archive site. > > I checked the /var/db/pkg directory and found this listing: > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel - 512 Feb 22 21:26 automake-1.4.6_2/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel - 512 Feb 22 21:26 automake-1.5_2,1/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel - 512 Feb 22 21:26 automake-1.9.6/ > > Since the build finished without and problems, I assume that it is a > harmless error message. I was wondering though why it was displayed > however? Am I looking in the wrong place for the 'automake' program? I > have Perl 5.8.8 installed if that means anything. > > Thanks! There is no reason for automake to run if nothing in the ports package has been modified. I think it is safe to ignore. There is a recent change to portmanager in FreeBSD that isn't by me, if anything in that change effected the files in the warning notice that might be the explanation. -Mike
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