GNU bug report logs - #8104
automake suggests use of AC_PROG_LIBTOOL, this has been replaced by LT_INIT

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Jack Kelly <jack <at> jackkelly.name>

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:02:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jack Kelly <jack <at> jackkelly.name>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: automake suggests use of AC_PROG_LIBTOOL,
	this has been replaced by LT_INIT
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:00:54 +1100

Version: 1.11.1 (ubuntu 10.10). I have inspected the most recent
master and it appears to also have this bug.

configure.ac:
AC_INIT([a], [b], [c])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
dnl no LT_INIT -- on purpose
AC_PROG_CC
AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
AC_OUTPUT

Makefile.am:
lib_LTLIBRARIES = libfoo.la

Run autoreconf -i:
$ autoreconf -i
Makefile.am:1: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
Makefile.am:1:   The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
Makefile.am:1:   to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
Makefile.am:1:   If `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is in `configure.ac', make sure
Makefile.am:1:   its definition is in aclocal's search path.
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1

See the libtool manual (
http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/LT_005fINIT.html
):
AC_PROG_LIBTOOL and AM_PROG_LIBTOOL are deprecated names for older
versions of this macro; autoupdate will upgrade your configure.ac
files.

It appears that automake's message is out of date.

-- Jack
This bug report was last modified 14 years and 82 days ago.

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