On Sunday 06 March 2005 3:33 am, Alan Grimes wrote:
> >> #################################################################
> >> bash-2.05b$ cd source/trunk/platforms/unix/config/
> >> bash-2.05b$ make
> >
> > To learn how to build the Squeak VM from source, please read the
> > HowToBuildFromSource document in the unix/doc directory.
>
> I've done this many times before and I was definitely doing the correct
> steps in the correct order.

And are you using the right version of autoconf , automake, et al?

It works fine for me using autoconf 1.7.9 and automake 2.5.9

It looks as if your .m4 files in /usr/share/autoconf don't match your version 
of autoconf; is the package that supplies them in sync with your autoconf 
package?

You should see in autom4te.cache a file called traces.0 . What're the first 
few lines of it? Should be:

m4trace:aclocal.m4:92: -1- AC_SUBST([NM])
m4trace:aclocal.m4:93: -1- AC_SUBST([LD])
m4trace:configure.ac:42: -1- AC_INIT([config.h.in])
m4trace:configure.ac:42: -1- m4_pattern_forbid([^_?A[CHUM]_])
m4trace:configure.ac:42: -1- m4_pattern_forbid([_AC_])
m4trace:configure.ac:42: -1- m4_pattern_forbid([^LIBOBJS$], [do not use 
LIBOBJS directly, use AC_LIBOBJ (see section `AC_LIBOBJ vs LIBOBJS'])
m4trace:configure.ac:42: -1- m4_pattern_allow([^AS_FLAGS$])
m4trace:configure.ac:42: -1- m4_pattern_forbid([^_?m4_])
m4trace:configure.ac:42: -1- m4_pattern_forbid([^dnl$])
m4trace:configure.ac:42: -1- m4_pattern_forbid([^_?AS_])
m4trace:configure.ac:42: -1- AC_SUBST([SHELL], [${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}])
m4trace:configure.ac:42: -1- AC_SUBST([PATH_SEPARATOR])
m4trace:configure.ac:42: -1- AC_SUBST([PACKAGE_NAME], 
[m4_ifdef([AC_PACKAGE_NAME],      ['AC_PACKAGE_NAME'])])

-- 
Ned Konz
http://bike-nomad.com/squeak/