Hi gurus,

I'm a FreeBSD noob who has generated an error, searched everywhere for solutions, and has just joined this forum (and searched it) hoping you can help.

I really need to get mysql server installed again ASAP, and preferably with Sphinx as a storage engine, or my web app in dev is delayed.

The error, is:

aclocal.m4:16: warning: this file was generated for autoconf 2.63.
You have another version of autoconf... use the procedure documented by the package, typically 'autoreconf'.

This is Automake 1.9.6, but the definition used by this AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE comes from Automake 1.10.2.
You should recreate aclocal.m4 with aclocal and run automake again. client/Makefile.am: required file './compile' not found.
Error code 63

I get this when trying to reinstall mysql50- server (or 51) after applying a patch to enable Sphinx as a storage engine in mysql server, as per the instructions on this page:

Enabling the Sphinx Storage Engine in MySQL via FreeBSD Ports


Specifically, here's what I did to get the error.

1. 'make deinstall clean' in the /usr/ports/databases/mysql50-server to wipe the previously installed version.
2. applied the patch, as per the instructions on the above page, which was successful.
3. 'make install clean' mysql50-server.

If it helps at all, FreeBSD is version 6.1 and I had previously done a portsnap fetch/update/extract.

I have found an online book on autotools -http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/ , and some unanswered posts on related topics on this forum, but nothing that hints at how I would fix this problem. The book is probably great - but I don't have long enough to learn it.

I hope I have provided enough information, but please post any and all necessary questions.

Thanks

Like it says, try autoreconf in its base directory. Unfortunately autoconf and its bretheren can be extremely persnickety.

I did understand that the error message suggested to user autoreconf. I can read what I typed in my first post. But perhaps I should have been clearer in my question. Is there any chance anyone in this forum can provide an example or any instructions on *how* to use autoreconf, and in this context - installing mysql50-server? Or would anyone care to find another solution? I don't want to waste anyones time, which is why I googled this subject first, and even found a book on GNU autotools, but I simply don't have the time to read/learn it to resolve this issue. Any 1., 2., 3. style instruction would be useful for not just myself but any other FreeBSD/Linux noobs who have the impression that after thoroughly searching for an existing solution in the net, and not finding one, they may graciously/patiently be helped here. And then, in the future, should I find others with similar issues here, I knowing how to user autoreconf, would try to take more than 3 seconds to write more than a (sarcastic and redundant) one-liner reply to help others. I hope this is how good forums work. But then again, these fora have a lot of viewers and very few people attempting solutions. Perhaps I joined the wrong one? Thanks

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