aclocal broken

[RYAN vAN GINNEKEN]

----- Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 09:20:34PM -0600, RYAN vAN GINNEKEN wrote:
> > Trying to install zoneminder port but getting this error 
> > Using this version on Freebsd
> > 
> > FreeBSD pcbsd 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #42: Thu Sep 11 09:07:25 EDT 2008     root at pcbsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PCBSD  i386
> > 
> > cd . && /bin/sh /usr/ports/multimedia/zoneminder/work/ZoneMinder-1.23.3/missing --run autoheader
> 
> I have no such port on my system, and the FreeBSD web site agrees:
> 
> # cd /usr/ports/multimedia/zoneminder
> /usr/ports/multimedia/zoneminder: No such file or directory.
> # grep -i zoneminder /usr/ports/INDEX-7
> #
> 
You are correct this is not a native FreeBSD port i downloaded this port from here http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11965&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/multimedia/zoneminder
> 
> I'm not sure how much support you'll get here for that.
> 
> > aclocal.m4:14: error: this file was generated for autoconf 2.61.              
> > You have another version of autoconf.  If you want to use that,               
> > you should regenerate the build system entirely.                              
> > aclocal.m4:14: the top level                                                  
> > autom4te-2.62: /usr/local/bin/gm4 failed with exit status: 63                 
> > autoheader-2.62: '/usr/local/bin/autom4te-2.62' failed with exit status: 63   
> 
> This indicates whoever made the port Makefile is making use of the wrong
> version of autoconf.  The following line should be added or changed in
> the port Makefile:
> 
> USE_AUTOTOOLS=	autoconf:261:env
I tried adding this to the Makefile but get this error instead
USE_AUTOTOOLS=	autoconf:261:env

make
===>  zoneminder-1.23.3,1 cannot install: unknown AUTOCONF version: 261.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/multimedia/zoneminder.

So i tried to find out which version i was using and got this

autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.62
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.


Next i tried changeing the line below and it was back to the exact same error above
USE_AUTOTOOLS=	autoconf:262:env


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