OS X does not include pkg-config by default. This causes ./configure to fail when invoking PKG_CHECK_MODULES for libxml2. This change autodetects the path for aclocal, c/o RWMJ noting the real problem is a deficiency in aclocal on OS X. Signed-off-by: Alex Nelson <ajnelson(a)cs.ucsc.edu&gt; --- bootstrap | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap index b2960c1..52c05d5 100755 --- a/bootstrap +++ b/bootstrap @@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ $gnulib_tool \ --import $modules # Disable autopoint and libtoolize, since they were already done above. -AUTOPOINT=true LIBTOOLIZE=true autoreconf --verbose --install +AUTOPOINT=true LIBTOOLIZE=true ACLOCAL_PATH=$(aclocal --print-ac-dir) autoreconf --verbose --install

Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:54:14AM -0700, Alex Nelson wrote: >> OS X does not include pkg-config by default. This causes ./configure >> to fail when invoking PKG_CHECK_MODULES for libxml2. >> >> This change autodetects the path for aclocal, c/o RWMJ noting the real >> problem is a deficiency in aclocal on OS X. >> >> Signed-off-by: Alex Nelson <ajnelson(a)cs.ucsc.edu&gt; >> --- >> bootstrap | 2 +- >> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap >> index b2960c1..52c05d5 100755 >> --- a/bootstrap >> +++ b/bootstrap >> @@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ $gnulib_tool \ >> --import $modules >> >> # Disable autopoint and libtoolize, since they were already done above. >> -AUTOPOINT=true LIBTOOLIZE=true autoreconf --verbose --install >> +AUTOPOINT=true LIBTOOLIZE=true ACLOCAL_PATH=$(aclocal --print-ac-dir) autoreconf --verbose --install > > I don't understand why this would be necessary. > > Your aclocal has the ac-dir configured to /opt/local/share/aclocal > already, which means it should already be searching that directory for > pkg.m4. If it's not, then it either a bug in aclocal or (more likely) > a bug in the MacPorts version of aclocal. > > In either case, I suggest just adding ACLOCAL_PATH to your own > environment, or fixing MacPorts to not be broken. I agree. I've noticed that when installing my own versions of autoconf and automake, part of the manual post-installation procedure must include running a command like this (adapted assuming you've installed with --prefix=/opt/local): printf '%s/share/aclocal\n' /opt/local /usr >> $(aclocal --print-ac-dir)/dirlist