[gmx-developers] CVS installation problem: error: m4_require: circular dependency of AC_LANG_COMPILER(C++).eml

[Arjun Narayanan]

hi everyone,

i am trying to install the latest CVS version of gromacs to take advantage
of the better scaling to make use of supercomputer time for a pretty large
simulation ( > 200,000 atoms ).  this is what i get when i do "uname -a"
where i am compiling:
Linux login4.ranger.tacc.utexas.edu 2.6.9-67.0.7.EL_lustre.1.6.5.1smp #1 SMP
Wed Jun 18 19:11:05 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

i first tried installation with the automake and autoconf they had -
versions 1.9 and 2.59, respectively.  i then tried installation with
autoconf 2.61 and m4 1.4.11 ... both times i got errors ( at the bottom of
this message ) when trying to run ./bootstrap .

i looked around the web and couldn't find anything that helped me, and
nothing for Gromacs about this.  i found the following two mails that may be
relevant, but i don't know how to translate what they are saying about their
own autoconf problems to what i need to do to get the gromacs cvs
installation working.

http://www.mail-archive.com/libtool@gnu.org/msg08627.html
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.libtool.bugs/6337

thanks in advance for your help,
arjun

ERROR MESSAGE FROM ./bootstrap

configure.ac:588: error: m4_require: circular dependency of
AC_LANG_COMPILER(C++)
../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:297: AC_LANG_COMPILER_REQUIRE is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2359: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from...
../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:516: AS_IF is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/headers.m4:87: AC_CHECK_HEADER is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/headers.m4:195: AC_CHECK_HEADERS is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/programs.m4:211: _AC_TOOL_WARN is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/programs.m4:270: AC_CHECK_TOOLS is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/c.m4:763: AC_PROG_CXX is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/c.m4:736: AC_LANG_COMPILER(C++) is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:297: AC_LANG_COMPILER_REQUIRE is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2405: AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:516: AS_IF is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:1898: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:1911: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/libs.m4:121: AC_CHECK_LIB is expanded from...
configure.ac:588: the top level
autom4te: /share/home/01017/anarayan/utils/bin//m4 failed with exit status:
1
aclocal: autom4te failed with exit status: 1
configure.ac:588: error: m4_require: circular dependency of
AC_LANG_COMPILER(C++)
../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:297: AC_LANG_COMPILER_REQUIRE is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2359: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from...
../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:516: AS_IF is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/headers.m4:87: AC_CHECK_HEADER is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/headers.m4:195: AC_CHECK_HEADERS is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/programs.m4:211: _AC_TOOL_WARN is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/programs.m4:270: AC_CHECK_TOOLS is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/c.m4:763: AC_PROG_CXX is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/c.m4:736: AC_LANG_COMPILER(C++) is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:297: AC_LANG_COMPILER_REQUIRE is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2405: AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:516: AS_IF is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:1898: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:1911: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/libs.m4:121: AC_CHECK_LIB is expanded from...
configure.ac:588: the top level
autom4te: /share/home/01017/anarayan/utils/bin//m4 failed with exit status:
1
autoheader: '/share/home/01017/anarayan/utils//bin/autom4te' failed with
exit status: 1
configure.ac:588: error: m4_require: circular dependency of
AC_LANG_COMPILER(C++)
../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:297: AC_LANG_COMPILER_REQUIRE is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2359: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from...
../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:516: AS_IF is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/headers.m4:87: AC_CHECK_HEADER is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/headers.m4:195: AC_CHECK_HEADERS is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/programs.m4:211: _AC_TOOL_WARN is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/programs.m4:270: AC_CHECK_TOOLS is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/c.m4:763: AC_PROG_CXX is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/c.m4:736: AC_LANG_COMPILER(C++) is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:297: AC_LANG_COMPILER_REQUIRE is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2405: AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:516: AS_IF is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:1898: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:1911: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/libs.m4:121: AC_CHECK_LIB is expanded from...
configure.ac:588: the top level
autom4te: /share/home/01017/anarayan/utils/bin//m4 failed with exit status:
1
automake: autoconf failed with exit status: 1
configure.ac:588: error: m4_require: circular dependency of
AC_LANG_COMPILER(C++)
../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:297: AC_LANG_COMPILER_REQUIRE is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2359: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from...
../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:516: AS_IF is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/headers.m4:87: AC_CHECK_HEADER is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/headers.m4:195: AC_CHECK_HEADERS is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/programs.m4:211: _AC_TOOL_WARN is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/programs.m4:270: AC_CHECK_TOOLS is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/c.m4:763: AC_PROG_CXX is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/c.m4:736: AC_LANG_COMPILER(C++) is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:297: AC_LANG_COMPILER_REQUIRE is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2405: AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:516: AS_IF is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:1898: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:1911: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/libs.m4:121: AC_CHECK_LIB is expanded from...
configure.ac:588: the top level
autom4te: /share/home/01017/anarayan/utils/bin//m4 failed with exit status:
1
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