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Which kernel version are you using?

According to uname -a, it says I'm using 2.6.29.4. Can you give me a git command to grab from the dev branch? I don't regularly use git. Thanks!

I was able to grab sources using the directions on the web page:

% git clone git://git.lttng.org/lttng-ust.git

However, this doesn't have a configure script. I tried running the bootstrap, but it bombs out:

lttng-ust% ./bootstrap
+ '[' '!' -e config ']'
+ mkdir config
+ autoreconf -i
/usr/share/aclocal/libgcrypt.m4:23: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_LIBGCRYPT
run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/ao.m4:9: warning: underquoted definition of XIPH_PATH_AO
configure.ac:14: warning: AC_CANONICAL_HOST invoked multiple times
configure.ac:14: warning: AC_CANONICAL_HOST invoked multiple times
configure.ac:14: warning: AC_CANONICAL_HOST invoked multiple times
configure.ac:26: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_SED
If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:286: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_ECHO
configure.ac:296: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_ECHO_N
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

I found a newer version of autoreconf:

% ./bootstrap
+ '[' '!' -e config ']'
+ mkdir config
+ /home/utils/autoconf-2.67-1/bin/autoreconf -i
/usr/share/aclocal/libgcrypt.m4:23: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_LIBGCRYPT
run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/ao.m4:9: warning: underquoted definition of XIPH_PATH_AO
configure.ac:16: version mismatch. This is Automake 1.11,
configure.ac:16: but the definition used by this AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
configure.ac:16: comes from Automake 1.9.2. You should recreate
configure.ac:16: aclocal.m4 with aclocal and run automake again.
configure.ac:13: installing `config/config.guess'
configure.ac:13: installing `config/config.sub'
configure.ac:16: installing `config/install-sh'
liblttng-ust-comm/Makefile.am:3: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
liblttng-ust-comm/Makefile.am:3: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
liblttng-ust-comm/Makefile.am:3: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
liblttng-ust-comm/Makefile.am:3: If `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is in `configure.ac', make sure
liblttng-ust-comm/Makefile.am:3: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
liblttng-ust-comm/Makefile.am: installing `config/depcomp'
liblttng-ust-ctl/Makefile.am:4: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
liblttng-ust-ctl/Makefile.am:4: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
liblttng-ust-ctl/Makefile.am:4: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
liblttng-ust-ctl/Makefile.am:4: If `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is in `configure.ac', make sure
liblttng-ust-ctl/Makefile.am:4: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
liblttng-ust-fork/Makefile.am:4: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
liblttng-ust-fork/Makefile.am:4: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
liblttng-ust-fork/Makefile.am:4: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
liblttng-ust-fork/Makefile.am:4: If `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is in `configure.ac', make sure
liblttng-ust-fork/Makefile.am:4: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
liblttng-ust-java/Makefile.am:5: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
liblttng-ust-java/Makefile.am:5: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
liblttng-ust-java/Makefile.am:5: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
liblttng-ust-java/Makefile.am:5: If `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is in `configure.ac', make sure
liblttng-ust-java/Makefile.am:5: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper/Makefile.am:4: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper/Makefile.am:4: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper/Makefile.am:4: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper/Makefile.am:4: If `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is in `configure.ac', make sure
liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper/Makefile.am:4: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
liblttng-ust/Makefile.am:6: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
liblttng-ust/Makefile.am:6: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
liblttng-ust/Makefile.am:6: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
liblttng-ust/Makefile.am:6: If `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is in `configure.ac', make sure
liblttng-ust/Makefile.am:6: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
libringbuffer/Makefile.am:4: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
libringbuffer/Makefile.am:4: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
libringbuffer/Makefile.am:4: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
libringbuffer/Makefile.am:4: If `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is in `configure.ac', make sure
libringbuffer/Makefile.am:4: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
snprintf/Makefile.am:4: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
snprintf/Makefile.am:4: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
snprintf/Makefile.am:4: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
snprintf/Makefile.am:4: If `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is in `configure.ac', make sure
snprintf/Makefile.am:4: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
tests/Makefile.am:6: library used but `RANLIB' is undefined
tests/Makefile.am:6: The usual way to define `RANLIB' is to add `AC_PROG_RANLIB'
tests/Makefile.am:6: to `configure.ac' and run `autoconf' again.
tests/demo/Makefile.am:14: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
tests/demo/Makefile.am:14: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
tests/demo/Makefile.am:14: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
tests/demo/Makefile.am:14: If `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is in `configure.ac', make sure
tests/demo/Makefile.am:14: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
tests/hello-static-lib/Makefile.am:3: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
tests/hello-static-lib/Makefile.am:3: The usual way to define `LIBTOOL' is to add `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
tests/hello-static-lib/Makefile.am:3: to `configure.ac' and run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.
tests/hello-static-lib/Makefile.am:3: If `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is in `configure.ac', make sure
tests/hello-static-lib/Makefile.am:3: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 63

If you want to build from git you also have to install autoconf,
automake and libtool. Check the README file in the tree, it should list
the minimum required versions.

Unfortunately, even when I select newer versions of autoconf by updating my PATH, the bootstrap is not very good about picking up those changes. I've resorted to hacking it some to select newer versions of things, but it's very counterintuitive. How do I know I'm getting the right version of libtool for example? We have alternate builds of libtool, but I don't where that gets invoked in the toolchain or if it's getting it from my PATH or hardcoded to something like /usr/bin.

On such an old distribution, the recommended approach would be to either create a virtual machine, or a chroot into a more recent distribution, or use a separate machine that provide a Linux installation with all the recent tools. Then get the git sources, and build a tarball with "make dist". You can then copy the tarball to the older distribution and simply configure/make/make install it without having to do the automake/libtool/autoconf setup on the old distro.

Side-note: the follow up of this discussion belongs to lttng-dev@lists.lttng.org rather than the bug tracker entry, as it is not linked to the bug.

Thank you,

Mathieu