Re: Autoconf 2.52 and Automake 1.5

[Tim Van Holder <tim dot van dot holder at pandora dot be>]

On 31 Aug 2001 10:07:41 +0200, Lars von Wedel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to migrate one of my projects from Autoconf 2.13/Automake 1.4 to 
> Autoconf 2.52/Automake 1.5.  Actually I'm having a problems I couldn't
> resolve yet:
> 
> Autoconf complains about the use of AC_CANONICAL_TARGET.
> I call a macro that AC_REQUIRES the above, but calling it in my
> configure.ac doesn't seem to work:
> 
>      > autoconf
>      > configure.ac:15: warning: AC_ARG_PROGRAM was called before  
> AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
>      > configure.ac:31: warning: AC_CANONICAL_TARGET invoked multiple times
>      > configure.ac:31: warning:  is m4_require'd but is not m4_defun'd
> 
> Anyone knows help? My configure.ac is attached for information.

Very strange:

[tim@bender] /home/tim>autoconf --version; automake --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.52
Written by David J. MacKenzie.

Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
automake (GNU automake) 1.5
Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>.

Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
[tim@bender] /home/tim>aclocal
[tim@bender] /home/tim>autoconf
configure.ac:15: warning: AC_ARG_PROGRAM was called before
AC_CANONICAL_TARGET


Since AC_ARG_PROGRAM is called from AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, putting the
AC_CANONICAL_TARGET before the AM_* macros makes even this warning go
away.