Re: [netcdfgroup] problem compiling netcdf-c-netcdf-4.3.0 configure missing?

• To: Daniel Packman <pack@xxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] problem compiling netcdf-c-netcdf-4.3.0 configure missing?
• From: "Rob Latham" <robl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:06:12 -0500

On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 11:03:55AM -0600, Daniel Packman wrote:
> 
> On Aug 9, 2013, at Aug 9   10:36 AM, Ward Fisher <wfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Daniel,
> > 
> > With our move to GitHub, the 'tagged' releases are now packaged version of 
> > the source, whereas before we prepared source packages uses the the 'make 
> > dist' command provided by autotools.  The difference is that the latter 
> > created the 'configure' script while the former does not.
> > 
> > In the short term, you may generate the necessary scripts by invoking 
> > 'autoreconf -i -f', or you can configure/build using 'cmake' (instructions 
> > here: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netCDF-CMake.html). 
> > I am working on how to properly add the 'configure' script and other files 
> > generated by autoreconf to the repository.
> > 
> 
> I tried to run "autoreconf -i -f" for  netcdf-fortran-4.2 and got the error 
> message:
> 
> aclocal: couldn't open directory `m4': No such file or directory

This happens with autoconf-2.59, but has been fixed in newer versions.
Making a directory is a fine temporary workaround.

==rob

-- 
Rob Latham
Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Argonne National Lab, IL USA

• References:
  • [netcdfgroup] problem compiling netcdf-c-netcdf-4.3.0 configure missing?
    • From: Daniel Packman
  • Re: [netcdfgroup] problem compiling netcdf-c-netcdf-4.3.0 configure missing?
    • From: Ward Fisher
  • Re: [netcdfgroup] problem compiling netcdf-c-netcdf-4.3.0 configure missing?
    • From: Daniel Packman