Hi folks,
I got the following error during the bootstrap in MSYS (summarized):
/bin/m4: unrecognized option `--gnu'
Here is the complete terminal view of the bootstrap script:
user@HOST ~/vlc
$ PATH=/usr/win32/bin:$PATH ./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
+ set +x
generating modules/**/Makefile.am
...........................................................................
+ echo
+ echo
+ cp -f INSTALL INSTALL.git
+ autoreconf --install --force --verbose -I m4
autoreconf-2.67: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf-2.67: running: autopoint --force
Copying file ABOUT-NLS
Copying file po/Makevars.template
autoreconf-2.67: running: aclocal -I m4 --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#Ex
ending-aclocal
/bin/m4: unrecognized option `--gnu'
Try `/bin/m4 --help' for more information.
autom4te-2.67: /bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal-1.11: /mingw/bin/autom4te-2.67 failed with exit status: 1
autoreconf-2.67: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
user@HOST ~/vlc
$
I followed the following VLC Dev webpage :
http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileMSYSNew
I followed all the steps on that webpage but opted to go with VLC version 1.1.9 source code instead of 1.1.0rc3 .
I reached the Bootstrap portion under the Build VLC section, and encountered the error listed above.
My system is Windows 7 Professional (64bit) running on an Intel i5 CPU with 8GB RAM.
Appreciate any assistance on this error.
Thanks,
Ai Pragma