Autotools wrapper problem and fix

[Jon A. Lambert]

I'm having trouble invoking the wrapper scripts for aclocal.

Here's my session log...

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jlambert@agamemnon ~/MyApp
$ aclocal --force
aclocal: invalid option --force
Try `aclocal --help' for more information.

jlambert@agamemnon ~/MyApp
$ aclocal --version
aclocal (GNU automake) 1.9.2
...rest ellided...

jlambert@agamemnon ~/MyApp
$ cat configure.ac | grep AC_PREREQ
AC_PREREQ(2.59)

jlambert@agamemnon ~/MyApp
$ /usr/autotool/devel/bin/aclocal --version
aclocal (GNU automake) 1.9.2
...rest ellided...

jlambert@agamemnon ~/MyApp
$ /usr/autotool/devel/bin/aclocal --force
/usr/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:5: warning: underquoted definition of 
PKG_CHECK_MODULES
  run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
  or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/libsmi.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_LIBSMI
/usr/share/aclocal/libmcrypt.m4:17: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_LIBMCRYPT
/usr/share/aclocal/libgcrypt.m4:23: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_LIBGCRYPT
/usr/share/aclocal/freetype2.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of 
AC_CHECK_FT2
/usr/share/aclocal/cppunit.m4:4: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_CPPUNIT

jlambert@agamemnon ~/MyApp
$ env | grep ^PATH=
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/lib/subversion/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/c/Perl/bin/:/c/bin:/c/apps/apache-ant-1.6.0/bin:/c/apps/ruby/bin:/c/Program 
Files/Borland/BDS/1.0/Bin:/c/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/WBEM:/c/apps/BCC55/Bin:/c/PROGRAM 
FILES/BORLAND/CBUILDER3/BIN:/c/j2sdk1.4.1/bin:/c/Program 
Files/doxygen/bin:/c/apps/Python23:/c/Program 
Files/Subversion/bin:/c/PROGRA~1/ATT/Graphviz/bin/tools

jlambert@agamemnon ~/MyApp
$ cygcheck -c | grep auto
autoconf                2.59-1               OK
autoconf-devel          2.59-1               OK
autoconf-stable         2.13-5               OK
automake                1.7.9-1              OK
automake-devel          1.9.2-1              OK
automake-stable         1.4p6-2              OK

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Is this because the automake wrapper version is at 1.7.9 and devel is at 
1.9.2?

Anyway here's the patch I applied to fix it.

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jlambert@agamemnon /usr/bin
$ diff -ur aclocal-orig aclocal
--- aclocal-orig        2003-12-02 02:47:03.001000000 -0500
+++ aclocal     2004-12-05 07:17:27.042500800 -0500
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
        shift ;;


+    --force | -f )
+       opt_force="--force"
+       shift ;;
+
+
     --help | -h )
        opt_help="--help"
        shift ;;
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