Ok, so I found that aclocal is part of automake.

Installing the following on my system in the order indicated:

GNU m4
autoconf
automake

Chris

Chris Combes wrote:
>
> I'm upgrading from curl-7.9.8 to curl-7.10.2 and I get the following
> error about aclocal:
>
> gmake -C curl-7.10.2
> gmake[1]: Entering directory `/<project>/curl/curl-7.10.2'
> cd . && /bin/sh /<project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> /<project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing[46]: aclocal-1.6: not found.
> WARNING: `aclocal-1.6' is needed, and you do not seem to have it handy
> on your
> system. You might have modified some files without having the
> proper tools for further handling them. Check the `README'
> file,
> it often tells you about the needed prerequirements for
> installing
> this package. You may also peek at any GNU archive site, in
> case
> some other package would contain this missing `aclocal-1.6'
> program.
> gmake[1]: *** [aclocal.m4] Error 1
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/<project>/curl/curl-7.10.2'
> gmake: *** [package] Error 2
>
> I do not appear to have any "aclocal" program on my HP-UX system.
> curl-7.9.8 did not error when building due to not having aclocal-1.5.
>
> Must I have aclocal-1.6 available?
> If so, then how did curl-7.9.8 work without aclocal-1.5?
> How can I get curl-7.10.2 to compile and function without aclocal-1.6?
>
> Outputs from searching for "aclocal" in curl-7.9.8 and curl-7.10.2.
> follow.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Chris
>
> A search for "aclocal" in curl-7.9.8 yields the following:
>
> ./Makefile.in:ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
> ./Makefile.in: aclocal.m4 config.guess config.sub configure
> configure.in \
> ./aclocal.m4:# aclocal.m4 generated automatically by aclocal 1.5
> ./aclocal.m4:# written in clear, in which case automake, when reading
> aclocal.m4,
> ./aclocal.m4:AM_MISSING_PROG(ACLOCAL, aclocal)
> ./aclocal.m4:# written in clear, in which case automake, when reading
> aclocal.m4,
> ./aclocal.m4:# This is just to silence aclocal about the macro not being
> used
> ./configure:ACLOCAL=${ACLOCAL-"${am_missing_run}aclocal"}
> ./missing: aclocal touch file \`aclocal.m4'
> ./missing: aclocal)
> ./missing: touch aclocal.m4
> ./reconf:aclocal -I . || die "The command 'aclocal -I .' failed"
>
> A search for "aclocal" in curl-7.10.2 yields the following:
>
> ./Makefile.in:ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
> ./Makefile.in: acinclude.m4 aclocal.m4 config.guess config.sub
> configure \
> ./aclocal.m4:# aclocal.m4 generated automatically by aclocal 1.6.3 -*-
> Autoconf -*-
> ./aclocal.m4:# written in clear, in which case automake, when reading
> aclocal.m4,
> ./aclocal.m4:AM_MISSING_PROG(ACLOCAL, aclocal-${am__api_version})
> ./aclocal.m4:# Automake X.Y traces this macro to ensure aclocal.m4 has
> been
> ./aclocal.m4:# written in clear, in which case automake, when reading
> aclocal.m4,
> ./aclocal.m4:# This is just to silence aclocal about the macro not being
> used
> ./configure:ACLOCAL=${ACLOCAL-"${am_missing_run}aclocal-${am__api_version}"}
> ./docs/examples/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./docs/libcurl/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./docs/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL} <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing
> --run aclocal-1.6
> ./docs/Makefile.HP-UX.B.11.00:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./missing: aclocal touch file \`aclocal.m4'
> ./missing: aclocal)
> ./missing: touch aclocal.m4
> ./reconf:aclocal -I . || die "The command 'aclocal -I .' failed"
> ./include/curl/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./include/curl/Makefile.HP-UX.B.11.00:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./include/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL} <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing
> --run aclocal-1.6
> ./include/Makefile.HP-UX.B.11.00:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./lib/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL} <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing
> --run aclocal-1.6
> ./lib/Makefile.HP-UX.B.11.00:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./packages/EPM/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./packages/Linux/RPM/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./packages/Linux/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./packages/Solaris/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./packages/Win32/cygwin/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./packages/Win32/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./packages/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./src/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL} <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing
> --run aclocal-1.6
> ./src/Makefile.HP-UX.B.11.00:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./tests/data/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./tests/server/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./tests/Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL} <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing
> --run aclocal-1.6
> ./tests/Makefile.HP-UX.B.11.00:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./config.log:ACLOCAL='${SHELL} <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run
> aclocal-1.6'
> ./config.status:s,@ACLOCAL@,${SHELL} <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing
> --run aclocal-1.6,;t t
> ./Makefile:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL} <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run
> aclocal-1.6
> ./Makefile:ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
> ./Makefile: acinclude.m4 aclocal.m4 config.guess config.sub
> configure \
> ./config.log.HP-UX.B.11.00:ACLOCAL='${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6'
> ./config.status.HP-UX.B.11.00:s,@ACLOCAL@,${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6,;t t
> ./Makefile.HP-UX.B.11.00:ACLOCAL = ${SHELL}
> <project>/curl/curl-7.10.2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
> ./Makefile.HP-UX.B.11.00:ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
> ./Makefile.HP-UX.B.11.00: acinclude.m4 aclocal.m4 config.guess
> config.sub configure \

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