Kenny, That's exactly my problem. My efforts to build my older speechd-up package continued to use automake 1.4 even after I had retrieved the 1.9 package with apt-get install. Thanks for the tip on the alternatives system. Chuck On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 07:47:17PM -0500, Kenny Hitt wrote: > Hi. > > When you have more than one version of a program, or even several > programs that provide the same function, you use the alternatives system > do set the default. > > man update-alternatives > > Hope this helps. > Kenny > > On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 12:40:03PM -0700, Sean McMahon wrote: > > I'd like to point out that if you have automake 1.7 and automake 1.9 on Debian > > Sarge, automake --version will show 1.7. You have to pick a version of automake > > and go with it or find some other way to get around the problem. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hynek Hanke,,," <hanke at volny.cz> > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:37 AM > > Subject: Re: speechd-up errors revisited > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 07:59:46AM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > > > I am working in a Debian Sarge environment and am trying to build > > > > speechd-up, but cannot get rid of this compile error. I have the static > > > > flite libraries installed, and my automake is 1.9, but the "PIDPATH" is > > > > shooting me down. Here is the error: > > > > > > PIDPATH is a preprocessor constant that should be passed to gcc by the > > Makefile > > > via the -D option. It's correctly stated in Makefile.am, however from the log > > > of make all you sent, it's clear that the -D option isn't there. > > > > > > It seems you are using some old/broken version of automake or autoconf. > > Please > > > type automake -v and see if it's at least 1.7. If not, you want to install > > some > > > later version and make sure automake runs this one (/etc/alternatives/ > > contains > > > symbolic links). > > > > > > But there is an easier way. Download the distribution tarball (which should > > > pretty much be the latest CVS now) > > > http://www.freebsoft.org/pub/projects/speechd-up/ > > > and just run > > > ./configure > > > make > > > and as root > > > make install > > > Don't run build.sh, this is only necessary when building from CVS. > > > > > > This distribution tarball is not visible from the web yet, but soon will be. > > > I hope it makes the instalation little easier. Will let you know... > > > > > > With regards, > > > Hynek Hanke > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (3% of Full) But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
