automake error #3
Description
The web site (http://actinid.org/vix/) says to use automake --add-missing which told me:
$ automake --add-missing
automake-1.13: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in'
configure.in: error: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found.
configure.in: You should verify that configure.in invokes AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE,
configure.in: that aclocal.m4 is present in the top-level directory,
configure.in: and that aclocal.m4 was recently regenerated (using aclocal)
configure.in:25: installing './install-sh'
automake-1.13: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in'
sim-static/Makefile.am:1: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is undefined
sim-static/Makefile.am:1: The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT'
sim-static/Makefile.am:1: to 'configure.in' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again.
sim-static/Makefile.am:1: If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.in', make sure
sim-static/Makefile.am:1: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
sim-static/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'
/usr/share/automake-1.13/am/depend2.am: error: am__fastdepCC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
/usr/share/automake-1.13/am/depend2.am: The usual way to define 'am__fastdepCC' is to add 'AC_PROG_CC'
/usr/share/automake-1.13/am/depend2.am: to 'configure.in' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again
/usr/share/automake-1.13/am/depend2.am: error: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
/usr/share/automake-1.13/am/depend2.am: The usual way to define 'AMDEP' is to add one of the compiler tests
/usr/share/automake-1.13/am/depend2.am: AC_PROG_CC, AC_PROG_CXX, AC_PROG_OBJC, AC_PROG_OBJCXX,
/usr/share/automake-1.13/am/depend2.am: AM_PROG_AS, AM_PROG_GCJ, AM_PROG_UPC
/usr/share/automake-1.13/am/depend2.am: to 'configure.in' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again
simtk/Makefile.am:1: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is undefined
simtk/Makefile.am:1: The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT'
simtk/Makefile.am:1: to 'configure.in' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again.
simtk/Makefile.am:1: If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.in', make sure
simtk/Makefile.am:1: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
configure.in:8: error: required file 'src/config.h.in' not found
src/Makefile.am:10: warning: compiling 'main.c' with per-target flags requires 'AM_PROG_CC_C_O' in 'configure.in'
util/Makefile.am:3: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is undefined
util/Makefile.am:3: The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT'
util/Makefile.am:3: to 'configure.in' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again.
util/Makefile.am:3: If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.in', make sure
util/Makefile.am:3: its definition is in aclocal's search path.
I'm no autotools expert, but I was able to work around this by running autoreconf -vfi. Everything seems to work fine that way.
I'm on Gentoo with automake 1.13.4 and autoconf 2.69.