Then you should not call autoconf directly but invoke
autoreconf -fin the root directoty of the PPL sources (i.e., the one containing the configure.ac file).
Still some problems:
[boris@balboa ppl]$ autoreconf --force --verbose autoreconf: working in `.' autoreconf: running: aclocal --output=aclocal.m4t autoreconf: `aclocal.m4' is unchanged autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool autoreconf: running: automake --force-missing autoreconf: running: autoconf --force configure.ac:270: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DISABLE_SHARED configure.ac:271: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN configure.ac:272: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL configure.ac:273: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL autoreconf: autoconf failed with exit status: 1 at /home/boris/bin/autoreconf line 378
The configure script is generated and gives some errors; @LIBTOOL@ is not substituted in the Makefiles. I am using the versions you pointed me at:
[boris@balboa ppl]$ automake --version automake (GNU automake) 1.6 [...]
[boris@balboa ppl]$ autoconf --version autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.53 [...]
[boris@balboa ppl]$ libtool --version ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.4.2 (1.922.2.54 2001/09/11 03:33:37)
MCL
______________________________________________________________________________ Miss a couple of car payments and you'll see if someone cares if you're alive.