"ying lcs" <yinglcs@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am trying to run '.bootstrap' on Ret Hat EL 4. > > and I am getting the following error. > > Can anyone please tell me what am i missing? > > configure.ac:1: error: possibly undefined macro: dnl > If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow. > See the Autoconf documentation. > configure.ac:27: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_IF > configure.ac:41: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE > configure.ac:78: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR > configure.ac:81: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_WARN > configure.ac:181: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_ARG_ENABLE > configure.ac:325: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DISABLE_STATIC > configure.ac:326: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN > configure.ac:327: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL > configure.ac:330: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL > configure.ac:377: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_LIB > configure.ac:447: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_HEADERS > configure.ac:2087: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PATH_PROG > configure.ac:5092: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PATH_PROGS These errors are coming from autoconf. I don't know what else to tell you, as I don't know why you are running autoconf. Ian