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Description of problem: automake error: src/Makefile.am:77: error: HAVE_INTROSPECTION does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): master as of: Tue Oct 8 16:10:58 2013 +0200 How reproducible: If introspection.m4 not found. Apparently it is not included in gobject-introspection package, but rather in gobject-introspection-devel package. Steps to Reproduce: 1. ./autogen.sh at command line Actual results: automake error shown above Expected results: No errors Additional info: widgets/src/Makefile.am -includes $(INTROSPECTION_MAKEFILE) which should be widgets/m4/introspection.m4. This file was included in commit add0aeee but removed again in commit 38a1a9e3 because libtoolize is expected to provide it. It was not provided on my machine, but was once I installed gobject-introspection-devel. Suggested fix: widgets/configure.ac check for appropriate version of gobject-introspection-devel, not gobject-introspection.
Probably including both is best.
Added a check for whether the GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK macro expanded during the autoconf phase, so now the error looks like: configure.ac:43: error: possibly undefined macro: GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow. See the Autoconf documentation. which is hopefully less cryptic.