Error: Make for KDE C++ project in KDevelop

[lightnb]

running Make on a KDE C++ project in KDevelop gives the following error:

./admin/cvs.sh: 651: --version: not found
*** AUTOCONF NOT FOUND!.
*** KDE requires autoconf 2.53 or newer
make[1]: *** [cvs] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2
*** Exited with status: 2 ***

'regular' (command line) CPP projects compile and run fine. Is there a remedy?

[jankushka]

Re: Error: Make for KDE C++ project in KDevelop

in the "main" section of feisty's repositories,
autoconf is version 2.63.
so, have a go with:

sudo apt-get install autoconf

then try "make" again.

[lightnb]

Re: Error: Make for KDE C++ project in KDevelop

apt-get says: "autoconf is already the newest version."

[penguin.ch]

Re: Error: Make for KDE C++ project in KDevelop

./admin/cvs.sh: 651: --version: not found

You may check line 651 "et al." of the mentioned script for a typo or the like ... (?)

[lightnb]

Re: Error: Make for KDE C++ project in KDevelop

line 651 reads:

 echo "  package-merge package-messages"

In the context:

arg=`echo $1 | tr .- __`
case $arg in
 cvs | dist | subdir_dist | configure_in | configure_files | subdirs | \
 cvs_clean | package_merge | package_messages | Makefile_am | acinclude_m4 | extract_messages ) $arg ;;
 configure ) call_and_fix_autoconf ;;
 * ) echo "Usage: cvs.sh <target>"
   echo "Target can be one of:"
   echo "  cvs svn dist"
   echo "  configure.in configure.files"
   echo "  package-merge package-messages"
   echo ""
   echo "Usage: anything but $1"
   exit 1 ;;
esac

I don't understand what this script is doing, so I can't really guess at how to fix it...

[jankushka]

Re: Error: Make for KDE C++ project in KDevelop

in looking for line 651, pls consider "split" lines, like this:

cvs | dist | subdir_dist | configure_in | configure_files | subdirs | \
cvs_clean | package_merge | package_messages | Makefile_am | acinclude_m4 | extract_messages ) $arg ;;

that's 2 lines for the text editor, but only 1 for the interpreter.
could you pls, post the entire script as an attachment?
cheers

[SheeEttin]

Re: Error: Make for KDE C++ project in KDevelop

   echo "Usage: anything but $1"

Ehehehe.

Anyway, it says "--version" is not found, so somewhere around line 651, it's trying to execute "--version".

(What you might try doing is going to line 651, then searching for "--version" from there.)

[lightnb]

Re: Error: Make for KDE C++ project in KDevelop

"--version" seems to be inside of a function near the top of the file:

check_autotool_versions()
{
required_autoconf_version="2.53 or newer"
AUTOCONF_VERSION=`$AUTOCONF --version | head -n 1`
case $AUTOCONF_VERSION in
 Autoconf*2.5* | autoconf*2.5* | autoconf*2.6* ) : ;;
 "" )
  echo "*** AUTOCONF NOT FOUND!."
  echo "*** KDE requires autoconf $required_autoconf_version"
  exit 1
  ;;
 * )
  echo "*** YOU'RE USING $AUTOCONF_VERSION."
  echo "*** KDE requires autoconf $required_autoconf_version"
  exit 1
  ;;
esac

AUTOHEADER_VERSION=`$AUTOHEADER --version | head -n 1`
case $AUTOHEADER_VERSION in
 Autoconf*2.5* | autoheader*2.5* | autoheader*2.6* ) : ;;
 "" )
  echo "*** AUTOHEADER NOT FOUND!."
  echo "*** KDE requires autoheader $required_autoconf_version"
  exit 1
  ;;
 * )
  echo "*** YOU'RE USING $AUTOHEADER_VERSION."
  echo "*** KDE requires autoheader $required_autoconf_version"
  exit 1
  ;;
esac

AUTOMAKE_STRING=`$AUTOMAKE --version | head -n 1`
required_automake_version="1.6.1 or newer"
case $AUTOMAKE_STRING in
 automake*1.5d* | automake*1.5* | automake*1.5-* )
  echo "*** YOU'RE USING $AUTOMAKE_STRING."
  echo "*** KDE requires automake $required_automake_version"
  exit 1
  ;;
 automake*1.6.* | automake*1.7* | automake*1.8* | automake*1.9* | automake*1.10*)
  echo "*** $AUTOMAKE_STRING found."
  UNSERMAKE=no
  ;;
 "" )
  echo "*** AUTOMAKE NOT FOUND!."
  echo "*** KDE requires automake $required_automake_version"
  exit 1
  ;;
 *unsermake* ) :
  echo "*** YOU'RE USING UNSERMAKE."
  echo "*** GOOD LUCK!! :)"
  UNSERMAKE=unsermake
  ;;
 * )
  echo "*** YOU'RE USING $AUTOMAKE_STRING."
  echo "*** KDE requires automake $required_automake_version"
  exit 1
  ;;
esac
unset required_automake_version
}

I've attached the entire cvs.sh file as .txt.

[penguin.ch]

Re: Error: Make for KDE C++ project in KDevelop

Unless someone else comes up with a better idea, you may add to check_autotool_versions() code similar to the following:

echo "Identified version of 'autoconf': $AUTOCONF_VERSION" >> ~/debug.log

Hopefully, this is going to reveal the script's "sight" of autoconf - thus bringing us one step closer to a solution.

[jankushka]

Re: Error: Make for KDE C++ project in KDevelop

it's good to me.

right at the beginning of the check_autotool_versions() function, before the penguin's suggested

echo "Identified version of 'autoconf': $AUTOCONF_VERSION" >> ~/debug.log

debug line, i would also put:

echo "Identified 'autoconf': $AUTOCONF" >> ~/debug.log

[lightnb]

Re: Error: Make for KDE C++ project in KDevelop

I tried adding:

  echo "Identified version of 'autoconf': $AUTOCONF_VERSION" >> ~/debug.log
	echo "Identified 'autoconf': $AUTOCONF" >> ~/debug.log

in:

check_autotool_versions()
{
echo "Identified version of 'autoconf': $AUTOCONF_VERSION" >> ~/debug.log
echo "Identified 'autoconf': $AUTOCONF" >> ~/debug.log
required_autoconf_version="2.53 or newer"
AUTOCONF_VERSION=`$AUTOCONF --version | head -n 1`
case $AUTOCONF_VERSION in
 Autoconf*2.5* | autoconf*2.5* | autoconf*2.6* ) : ;;
 "" )

but it didn't change the error output.

[SheeEttin]

Re: Error: Make for KDE C++ project in KDevelop

But what's in ~/debug.log?

[lightnb]

Re: Error: Make for KDE C++ project in KDevelop

Identified version of 'autoconf':
Identified 'autoconf':

[penguin.ch]

Re: Error: Make for KDE C++ project in KDevelop

Identified version of 'autoconf':
Identified 'autoconf':

Locating these lines below the code declaring the according variables would have been more cute ... :P

AUTOCONF_VERSION=`$AUTOCONF --version | head -n 1`
echo "Identified 'autoconf': $AUTOCONF" >> ~/debug.log
echo "Identified version: $AUTOCONF_VERSION" >> ~/debug.log

--

Further reading: "Scripting for Beginners"

[jankushka]

Re: Error: Make for KDE C++ project in KDevelop

Locating these lines below the code declaring the according variables would have been more cute ... :P

uhm, looks like AUTOCONF be an empty string, though...

so the script tries to execute:

AUTOCONF_VERSION=`$AUTOCONF --version | head -n 1`

which is expanded into:

AUTOCONF_VERSION=`--version | head -n 1`

hence the original error message:

./admin/cvs.sh: 651: --version: not found

it should then be sufficient to set an AUTOCONF environment variable, on the command line, like so:

export AUTOCONF='/usr/bin/autoconf'

and then try and execute the whole thing again...