--- In mpatrol@yahoogroups.com, Nigel Horne <njh@...> wrote:
>
> cd pkg/auto/
> ./setup
> ./configure
> make
>
> gives:
>
> ...
> cd .. \
> && CONFIG_FILES=man/Makefile CONFIG_HEADERS= /bin/sh
./config.status
> config.status: creating man/Makefile
> config.status: executing depfiles commands
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/njh/src/mpatrol/pkg/auto/man'
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/njh/src/mpatrol/pkg/auto/man'
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/njh/src/mpatrol/pkg/auto/man'
> Making all in src
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/njh/src/mpatrol/pkg/auto/src'
> cd .. && automake --gnu src/Makefile
> configure.in:65: warning: AC_CANONICAL_HOST invoked multiple times
> autoconf/specific.m4:363: AC_CYGWIN is expanded from...
> configure.in:65: the top level
> src/Makefile.am: object `tree.$(OBJEXT)' created both with libtool
and without
> src/Makefile.am: object `version.$(OBJEXT)' created both with
libtool and without
> src/Makefile.am: object `list.$(OBJEXT)' created both with libtool
and without
> src/Makefile.am: object `slots.$(OBJEXT)' created both with libtool
and without
> src/Makefile.am: object `utils.$(OBJEXT)' created both with libtool
and without
> src/Makefile.am: required file `./depcomp' not found
> make[2]: *** [Makefile.in] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/njh/src/mpatrol/pkg/auto/src'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/njh/src/mpatrol/pkg/auto'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> I can't find a reference to depcomp in any installation guide for
mpatrol, is it
> referring to http://www.fastcgi.com/devkit/depcomp?
>

Fixes suggested for a different tool seemed to solve the problem that
you (and I) saw
cd pkg/auto
autoconf -c -a
This also solves the problem for the missing pkg/auto/compile file,
the next issue.