Hi Gary, >>> "Gary" == Gary V Vaughan <gary@xxxxxxx> writes: Gary> While trying to autoconfiscate zlib-1.2.2 on a Linux Gary> RHEL3 box, I keep seeing the following error from Gary> aclocal, automake and autoconf during bootstrap: Gary> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at Gary> /opt/TWWfsw/autoconf25/share/Autom4te/XFile.pm line 229. Gary> XFile.pm hasn't changed in CVS autoconf vs the erroring file. Could you try this? --- XFile.pm 23 Oct 2003 14:29:22 -0000 1.8 +++ XFile.pm 1 Nov 2004 15:56:59 -0000 @@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ # Admittedly this is a bit of a hack. if (!flock ($fh, $mode) && (!$!{ENOLCK} - || " -$ENV{'MAKEFLAGS'}" =~ / (-[BdeikrRsSw]*j|---?jobs)/)) + || (exists $ENV{'MAKEFLAGS'} + && " -$ENV{'MAKEFLAGS'}" =~ / (-[BdeikrRsSw]*j|---?jobs)/))) { my $file = $fh->name; fatal "cannot lock $file with mode $mode (perhaps you are running make -j on a lame NFS client?): $!"; [...] Gary> + automake --force --copy --add-missing Gary> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at Gary> /opt/TWWfsw/autoconf25/share/Autom4te/XFile.pm line 229. Gary> + aclocal -I /opt/TWWfsw/libtool15/share/aclocal Gary> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at Gary> /opt/TWWfsw/autoconf25/share/Autom4te/XFile.pm line 229. Gary> + autoconf Gary> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at Gary> /opt/TWWfsw/autoconf25/share/Autom4te/XFile.pm line 229. Gary> + exit 0 Running automake before aclocal is a mistake. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf