[Nut-upsdev] Compiling SVN build.. error for libupsclient

[Edwin Chiu]

Done, upgraded to 1.9 and everything builds just fine now.

Time to test my APC and Belkin now :)

Thanks,
Edwin

Charles Lepple wrote:
> On 3/5/07, Edwin Chiu <edwin at thetomatoe.com> wrote:
>> Linux 2.4.27-pre2 with some custom patches
>>
>> Debian 3.1
>>
>> ii  autoconf       2.59a-3        automatic configure script builder
>> rc  autoconf2.13   2.13-43        automatic configure script builder
>> (obsolete
>> ii  automake       1.4-p4-1.1     A tool for generating GNU
>> Standards-complian
>> ii  autoproject    0.17-1         create a skeleton source package for a
>> new p
>> ii  autotools-dev  20050422.1     Update infrastructure for
>> config.{guess,sub}
>>
>> $ automake --version
>> automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p4
>>
>> Should I upgrade my automake?
>
> Yes, definitely. Virtually nothing requires versions of automake
> before 1.8, and most of our testing is done with 1.9 (recommended).
>
> The automake-1.x packages manage an automake symlink through
> /etc/alternatives, but for some reason, 1.4 has the highest priority.
> I would remove 1.4, and install 1.9.
>