Bug#309219: NullPointerException in gnu.classpath.tools.gjdoc.RootDocImpl.build (RootDocImpl.java:227)

[Julian Scheid]

Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> After running autoconf twice (the second time getting no error
> messages), I end up with
> 
> $ ./configure --disable-native --prefix=/tmp/gjdoc-cvs
> ./configure: line 1246: syntax error near unexpected token `tar-ustar'
> ./configure: line 1246: `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tar-ustar)'

Sorry, I forgot: you need recent versions of automake, autoconf and 
libtool. On my system I have:

$ autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59

$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.9.5

$ libtool --version
ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.5.10 (1.1220.2.130 2004/09/19 12:13:49)

These are working fine.

> I'm sorry, but I don't have time and energy to further try sort this
> build problem out on my own.

If you do not want to bother installing the latest autotools, let me 
know.  I'll then assume that the fix is in order and start preparing the 
0.7.5 release.  Then you'd have to wait until the Debian maintainer 
uploads the new release.

Thanks again,

Julian