Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: RE: [Ethereal-dev] Problems with autogen and Mandrake

[Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Seems like every time I turn around, Ethereal doesn't compile against
Mandrake because of Mandrake's toolchain.  Perhaps it's time to bite the
bullet and cut over to Red Hat.

Thanks for your help,

Devin

On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 12:57, Biot Olivier wrote:
> |From: Devin Heitmueller
> |
> |Hello,
> |
> |I'm trying to compile the CVS ethereal for Mandrake 9.1, and am running
> |into the following errors when I run autogen.  I have autoconf 2.13 as
> |well as 2.5 installed (standard for Mandrake). 
> |
> |Has anyone seen this sort of thing before?
> 
> The problem is the version of the autotools you're using. I strongly suspect
> that there is also a devel branch of the autotools with your Mandrake
> distribution, as this is the case in cygwin (a RedHat derivate). Try running
> the following on your system:
> $ find / -name automake -exec echo {} ';' -exec {} --version ';'
> Shoud this yield a newer automake, then I propose you add its directory to
> $PATH when building Ethereal.
> 
> I didn't find the recent autotools on RPMfind.net but you should find them
> in the Mandrake Cooker "distribution".
> 
> Ethereal *can* be compiled with automake 1.7.9, autoconf 2.59 and libtool
> 1.5.
> 
> See the thread "Move dissectors into libethereal" for more info on this
> issue.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Olivier
> 
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Devin Heitmueller
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Netilla Networks Inc.