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Following the instructions at http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileMSYS, I get the following error:
Administrator@SCOTT-HOME4 ~/vlc-1.0.5
$ PATH=/usr/win32/bin:$PATH ./bootstrap
++ dirname ./bootstrap
+ cd .
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS='-I m4 '
+ test -d extras/contrib/bin
++ uname -s
+ test .MINGW32_NT-5.1 = .Darwin
+ pkg-config --version
+ PKGCONFIG=yes
+ export AUTOPOINT
+ test ''
+ AUTOPOINT=autopoint
+ autopoint --dry-run --force
+ set +x
generating modules/**/Makefile.am
................................................................................

+ echo
+ echo
+ cp -f INSTALL INSTALL.git
+ autoreconf --install --force --verbose -I m4
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: running: autopoint --force
Copying file ABOUT-NLS
Copying file m4/codeset.m4
Copying file m4/gettext.m4
Copying file m4/glibc2.m4
Copying file m4/glibc21.m4
Copying file m4/iconv.m4
Copying file m4/intdiv0.m4
Copying file m4/intl.m4
Copying file m4/intldir.m4
Copying file m4/intlmacosx.m4
Copying file m4/intmax.m4
Copying file m4/inttypes-pri.m4
Copying file m4/inttypes_h.m4
Copying file m4/lcmessage.m4
Copying file m4/lib-ld.m4
Copying file m4/lib-link.m4
Copying file m4/lib-prefix.m4
Copying file m4/lock.m4
Copying file m4/longlong.m4
Copying file m4/nls.m4
Copying file m4/po.m4
Copying file m4/printf-posix.m4
Copying file m4/progtest.m4
Copying file m4/size_max.m4
Copying file m4/stdint_h.m4
Copying file m4/uintmax_t.m4
Copying file m4/visibility.m4
Copying file m4/wchar_t.m4
Copying file m4/wint_t.m4
Copying file m4/xsize.m4
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
m4/autoopts.m4:22: warning: underquoted definition of AG_PATH_AUTOOPTS
m4/autoopts.m4:22: run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
m4/autoopts.m4:22: or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Ext
ending-aclocal
/bin/m4: expecting line feed in frozen file
autom4te: /bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
C:\msys\1.0\bin\aclocal: autom4te failed with exit status: 1
autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1

Administrator@SCOTT-HOME4 ~/vlc-1.0.5
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Can anyone help?

automake --version?

$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.11
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.

Administrator@SCOTT-HOME4 ~/vlc-1.0.5
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I had the same problem,but it was solved.

Read following quote from http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileMSYS

For those wishing to have a Notepad look-and-feel I recommend notepad2, which may tempt you to ditch Notepad altogether. You can set File - Line endings - Default to "Unix (LF)", but it always saves opened files in the ending style they have.

C:\MSys\1.0\home\<username>\vlc\configure.ac
C:\msys\1.0\home\<username>\vlc\extras\package\win32\configure-msys.sh
C:\msys\1.0\home\<username>\vlc\extras\package\win32\configure-common.sh

These files must be saved in unix format. After it bootstrap have been done successfully.

Hi all,

I am facing the same issue with bootstrap.

$ PATH=/win32/bin:$PATH ./bootstrap
++ dirname ./bootstrap
+ cd .
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS='-I m4 '
+ test -d extras/contrib/build/bin
++ uname -s
+ test .MINGW32_NT-5.1 = .Darwin
+ pkg-config --version
+ PKGCONFIG=no
+ export AUTOPOINT
+ test ''
+ AUTOPOINT=autopoint
+ autopoint --dry-run --force
+ AUTOPOINT=true
+ echo
+ set +x
generating modules/**/Makefile.am
...........................................................................
+ echo
+ echo
+ cp -f INSTALL INSTALL.git
+ autoreconf --install --force --verbose -I m4
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: running: true --force
autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 --force -I m4
/usr/share/aclocal/autoopts.m4:22: warning: underquoted definition of AG_PATH_AU
TOOPTS
/usr/share/aclocal/autoopts.m4:22: run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
/usr/share/aclocal/autoopts.m4:22: or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/a
utomake.html#Extending-aclocal
m4/po.m4:40: warning: macro `AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST' not found in library
m4/po.m4:65: warning: macro `AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST' not found in library
m4/po.m4:82: warning: macro `AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST' not found in library
m4/gettext.m4:170: warning: macro `AM_ICONV_LINK' not found in library
configure.ac:446: warning: macro `AM_ICONV' not found in library
C:\msys\1.0\local\bin\m4.exe:C:/msys/1.0/share/autoconf/autoconf/autoconf.m4f:20
77: expecting line feed in frozen file
autom4te-2.67: m4 failed with exit status: 1
C:\msys\1.0\bin\aclocal: /usr/bin/autom4te-2.67 failed with exit status: 1
autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1

automake version
$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.11
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.

autoconf version
$ autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.67
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

I used notepad2 to make sure the below files have unix line feed.

C:\msys\1.0\share\autoconf\autoconf\autoconf.m4f
C:\MSys\1.0\home\<username>\vlc\configure.ac
C:\msys\1.0\home\<username>\vlc\extras\package\win32\configure-msys.sh
C:\msys\1.0\home\<username>\vlc\extras\package\win32\configure-common.sh

Please help me get past this error, so I can proceed with the 'make'.

Thanks,
Ganesh

I used notepad2 to make sure the below files have unix line feed.

It seems that it isn't like that.
C:\msys\1.0\local\bin\m4.exe:C:/msys/1.0/share/autoconf/autoconf/autoconf.m4f:20
77: expecting line feed in frozen file

Ok.. ya.. it may not be.. so can you please let me know if I am missing anything here. .. I am stuck in this for couple of days now.. Need to get past this and proceed with the make. Please help ..

Thanks,
Ganesh

If you need to edit your files, install nano/pico and edit them via shell. That way encodings shouldn't change.

Hello,
bootstrap command fails for me also, getting that message (through MSYS):
Any ideas?
Thanks

perl misinstalled.

Thanks. I tried to reinstall it, using ActivePerl but the problem insists. Should I build from source? Which version should I use?

No, just unzip it correctly from MSys.
Or use my SDK.

Or use my SDK.

http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/v ... 79510.html

Thank you a lot. Now, the error is one step further :

Antivirus programs cause errors like that. So disable them while you bootstrap.

Thank you a lot. Now, the error is one step further :

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$ ./bootstrap ++ dirname ./bootstrap + cd . + ACLOCAL_ARGS='-I m4 ' + test -d extras/contrib/build/bin ++ uname -s + test .MINGW32_NT-6.1 = .Darwin + pkg-config --version + PKGCONFIG=yes + export AUTOPOINT + test '' + AUTOPOINT=autopoint + autopoint --dry-run --force + AUTOPOINT=true + echo + set +x generating modules/**/Makefile.am ..................................................................... + echo + echo + cp -f INSTALL INSTALL.git + autoreconf --install --force --verbose -I m4 autoreconf: Entering directory `.' autoreconf: running: true --force autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 --force -I m4 ' is already registered with AC_CONFIG_FILES. /usr/src/autoconf/autoconf-2.67/lib/autoconf/status.m4:290: AC_CONFIG_FILES is e xpanded from... /usr/share/aclocal-1.11/cond-if.m4:26: AM_COND_IF is expanded from... configure.ac:4293: the top level /bin/m4: cannot remove temporary directory /tmp/ar2436.6036/m4-nXwndV: Directory not empty autom4te-2.67: /bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 c:\VLC_SDK\bin\aclocal: /usr/bin/autom4te-2.67 failed with exit status: 1 autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1

I had the same problem, and solved it suggested as : dos2unix configure.ac