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Subject: bug#19631: Libtoolize doesn't recognise local installations of m4
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Hi,

If m4 is installed from source into the default location of
/usr/local/bin/m4, libtoolise cannot find it when run from autogen.sh.
This problem can be fixed by the command `export M4=3D/usr/local/bin/m4`,
but automatic recognition of this path would be best. I am running
OpenBSD 5.6.

# ./autogen.sh
creating libtransmission/version.h
libtoolize:   error: One of these is required:
libtoolize:                 gm4 gnum4 m4
libtoolize:   error: Please install GNU M4, or 'export M4=3D/path/to/gnu/=
m4'.
autoreconf: libtoolize failed with exit status: 1

Yours thankfully,

Riley Baird

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Subject: bug#19631: Libtoolize doesn't recognise local installations of m4
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wontfix
close 19631

> On Jan 19, 2015, at 7:40 PM, Riley Baird =
<BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix@HIDDEN> wrote:
>=20
> Hi,
>=20
> If m4 is installed from source into the default location of
> /usr/local/bin/m4, libtoolise cannot find it when run from autogen.sh.
> This problem can be fixed by the command `export =
M4=3D/usr/local/bin/m4`,
> but automatic recognition of this path would be best. I am running
> OpenBSD 5.6.
>=20
> # ./autogen.sh
> creating libtransmission/version.h
> libtoolize:   error: One of these is required:
> libtoolize:                 gm4 gnum4 m4
> libtoolize:   error: Please install GNU M4, or 'export =
M4=3D/path/to/gnu/m4'.
> autoreconf: libtoolize failed with exit status: 1
>=20
> Yours thankfully,

At least with the recent Libtool 2.4.5 release, if you have =
/usr/local/bin
in your command search PATH when your autogen.sh script runs libtoolize, =
it
will find and use /usr/local/bin/m4 automatically if that m4 is =
suitable.

You can also use variations such as (assuming a bourns-like shell):

  M4=3D/path/to/gnu/m4 ./autogen.sh
  PATH=3D$PATH:/path/to/gnu/m4 ./autogen.sh
  env M4=3D/path/to/gnu/m4 ./autogen.sh

HTH,
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Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT gnu DOT org)=

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