SDL1.3 svn: autogen.sh errors

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Greetings.

I would like to try the new SDL 1.3 svn version but I get the following error:

Code:
SDL$ sh autogen.sh
Generating build information using autoconf
This may take a while …
/usr/bin/m4:configure.in:949: bad expression in eval: m4_Cursor + 2 + 1
/usr/bin/m4:configure.in:949: bad expression in eval: > (79)
/usr/bin/m4:configure.in:949: bad expression in eval: 2426 > ()
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
Couldn’t find autoconf, aborting

I’ve autoconf installed:

Code:
SDL$ autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.64
Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later
http://gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

I’m running a Debian testing system.

I got the http://www.libsdl.org/tmp/SDL-1.3.tar.gz
but “sh autogen.sh” got me the same error.

Could it be a missing library ?
Or what else could be the problem ?

Best regards
Kakarott

2

Greetings.

I would like to try the new SDL 1.3 svn version but I get the following
error:

Code:

SDL$ sh autogen.sh
Generating build information using autoconf
This may take a while …
/usr/bin/m4:configure.in:949: bad expression in eval: m4_Cursor + 2 + 1
/usr/bin/m4:configure.in:949: bad expression in eval: > (79)
/usr/bin/m4:configure.in:949: bad expression in eval: 2426 > ()
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
Couldn’t find autoconf, aborting

I’ve autoconf installed:

Code:

SDL$ autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.64
Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

I’m running a Debian testing system.

I got the http://www.libsdl.org/tmp/SDL-1.3.tar.gz
but “sh autogen.sh” got me the same error.

Could it be a missing library ?
Or what else could be the problem ?

Best regards
Kakarott

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We get this same error when building SDL in Haiku. I got around it by
removing the Check iPod from the configure file. Not sure why that’s
tripping up with this error, but it seems to get us around it. We’re also
using autoconf 2.64
-scottmcOn Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Kakarott wrote:

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I removed the outdated iPodLinux support just now. Let me know if there are
any other issues!On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 8:23 AM, scott mc wrote:

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Kakarott wrote:

Greetings.

I would like to try the new SDL 1.3 svn version but I get the following
error:

Code:

SDL$ sh autogen.sh
Generating build information using autoconf
This may take a while …
/usr/bin/m4:configure.in:949: bad expression in eval: m4_Cursor + 2 + 1
/usr/bin/m4:configure.in:949: bad expression in eval: > (79)
/usr/bin/m4:configure.in:949: bad expression in eval: 2426 > ()
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
Couldn’t find autoconf, aborting

I’ve autoconf installed:

Code:

SDL$ autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.64
Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

I’m running a Debian testing system.

I got the http://www.libsdl.org/tmp/SDL-1.3.tar.gz
but “sh autogen.sh” got me the same error.

Could it be a missing library ?
Or what else could be the problem ?

Best regards
Kakarott

SDL mailing list
SDL at lists.libsdl.org
http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org

We get this same error when building SDL in Haiku. I got around it by
removing the Check iPod from the configure file. Not sure why that’s
tripping up with this error, but it seems to get us around it. We’re also
using autoconf 2.64
-scottmc

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