[Xastir] New configure.ac script

[KC7ZRU - Tate]

OK,

Nice. Well, xastir is the reason I got 'into' linux in the first place.
I do thank you all for dragging me kicking and whining up the learning
curve!!

So far, I've had to update autoconf and automake - not a big deal in
themselves. Just did the source deal from the GNU ftp server - and of
course, things aren't working right. Looks like Redhat (7.1) doesn't use
'standard' GNU paths ::sigh::

Finally (I think) got it all working - but the great penguin only knows
what else I may have screwed up.

First, installed autoconf - changed path in ~/.bach_profile to include
the 'new' /usr/local/bin where autoconf now resides. Oh, there's still
the older copy still over in /usr/bin that Redhat installed.

Tried the same thing with automake - but alas, even with the 'correct'
path, it's not found.

So, I just copied the new automake from /usr/local/bin to /usr/bin -
overwriting the old one.

So far so good.

May well go back and overwrite the old autoconf with the new one too -
yea, I'm a glutton.

Lessons accepted in the tone offered

73

Curt Mills wrote:
> 
> A new configure.ac script is in place now, and several of the files
> that used to be in the CVS repository are now gone.  Some of you may
> have fits with CVS because of this.  An easy way to fix it is to
> delete the repository and download it again.
> 
> The new method of getting Xastir compiled is this:
> 
>     ./bootstrap.sh
>     ./configure
>     make
>     make install-strip (as root)
> 
> In order to run the bootstrap.sh script, you'll need automake 1.6.3
> or newer, and autoconf 2.53 or newer.  Some of you may have to
> upgrade or install these tools in order to do this.
> 


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