I am having trouble building POV-Ray 3.7.

I downloaded povray-3.7-stable.zip from the github page at
  https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/tree/3.7-stable
and unzipped it.

I also installed the debian package "libboost-all-dev", which
installs every Boost library. The current version is 1.54.0.

I applied a preliminary fix. (Explained below.)*

In the unix/ directory, I ran prebuild.sh.

It lists the following errors and warnings:

+ aclocal -I .

  configure.ac:302: warning: AC_LANG_CONFTEST: no AC_LANG_SOURCE call detected in body
  ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:193: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2590: _AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2606: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from...
  ../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:639: AS_IF is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2031: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2052: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from...
  unix/config/ax_boost_thread.m4:32: AX_BOOST_THREAD is expanded from...
  configure.ac:302: the top level

+ autoheader --warnings=all

  (repeats the same warnings as above)

+ automake --warnings=all

  configure.ac:302: warning: AC_LANG_CONFTEST: no AC_LANG_SOURCE call detected in body
  ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:193: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2590: _AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2606: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from...
  ../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:639: AS_IF is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2031: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2052: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from...
  unix/config/ax_boost_thread.m4:32: AX_BOOST_THREAD is expanded from...
  configure.ac:302: the top level
  configure.ac:185: error: required file 'unix/config/compile' not found
  configure.ac:185:   'automake --add-missing' can install 'compile'
  source/Makefile.am:35: warning: source file 'frontend/shelloutprocessing.cpp' is in
a subdirectory,
  source/Makefile.am:35: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
  automake: warning: possible forward-incompatibility.
  automake: At least a source file is in a subdirectory, but the 'subdir-objects'
  automake: automake option hasn't been enabled.  For now, the corresponding output
  automake: object file(s) will be placed in the top-level directory.  However,
  automake: this behaviour will change in future Automake versions: they will
  automake: unconditionally cause object files to be placed in the same subdirectory
  automake: of the corresponding sources.
  automake: You are advised to start using 'subdir-objects' option throughout your
  automake: project, to avoid future incompatibilities.
  source/Makefile.am:35: warning: source file 'frontend/rendermessagehandler.cpp' is
in a subdirectory,
  source/Makefile.am:35: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
  source/Makefile.am:35: warning: source file 'frontend/console.cpp' is in a
subdirectory,
  source/Makefile.am:35: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
  (and so on repeated for a few dozen cpp files)
  /usr/share/automake-1.14/am/library.am: warning: 'libpovray.a': linking libraries
using a non-POSIX
  /usr/share/automake-1.14/am/library.am: archiver requires 'AM_PROG_AR' in
'configure.ac'
  source/Makefile.am:32:   while processing library 'libpovray.a'
  vfe/Makefile.am:35: warning: source file 'unix/vfeplatform.cpp' is in a
subdirectory,
  vfe/Makefile.am:35: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
  vfe/Makefile.am:35: warning: source file 'unix/unixoptions.cpp' is in a
subdirectory,
  vfe/Makefile.am:35: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
  vfe/Makefile.am:35: warning: source file 'unix/unixconsole.cpp' is in a
subdirectory,
  vfe/Makefile.am:35: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
  vfe/Makefile.am:35: warning: source file 'unix/platformbase.cpp' is in a
subdirectory,
  vfe/Makefile.am:35: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
  /usr/share/automake-1.14/am/library.am: warning: 'libvfe.a': linking libraries using
a non-POSIX
  /usr/share/automake-1.14/am/library.am: archiver requires 'AM_PROG_AR' in
'configure.ac'
  vfe/Makefile.am:32:   while processing library 'libvfe.a'

+ autoconf --warnings=all

  configure.ac:295: warning: The macro `AC_LANG_SAVE' is obsolete.
  configure.ac:295: You should run autoupdate.
  ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:125: AC_LANG_SAVE is expanded from...
  unix/config/acx_pthread.m4:78: ACX_PTHREAD is expanded from...
  configure.ac:295: the top level
  configure.ac:295: warning: The macro `AC_LANG_C' is obsolete.
  configure.ac:295: You should run autoupdate.
  ../../lib/autoconf/c.m4:72: AC_LANG_C is expanded from...
  unix/config/acx_pthread.m4:78: ACX_PTHREAD is expanded from...
  configure.ac:295: the top level
  configure.ac:295: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_LINK' is obsolete.
  configure.ac:295: You should run autoupdate.
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2687: AC_TRY_LINK is expanded from...
  unix/config/acx_pthread.m4:78: ACX_PTHREAD is expanded from...
  configure.ac:295: the top level
  configure.ac:295: warning: The macro `AC_LANG_RESTORE' is obsolete.
  configure.ac:295: You should run autoupdate.
  ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:134: AC_LANG_RESTORE is expanded from...
  unix/config/acx_pthread.m4:78: ACX_PTHREAD is expanded from...
  configure.ac:295: the top level
  configure.ac:302: warning: AC_LANG_CONFTEST: no AC_LANG_SOURCE call detected in body
  ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:193: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2590: _AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2606: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from...
  ../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:639: AS_IF is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2031: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2052: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from...
  unix/config/ax_boost_thread.m4:32: AX_BOOST_THREAD is expanded from...
  configure.ac:302: the top level
  + cat ./configure
  + sed -e 's,configure.gnu  --help=recursive,& --srcdir=$ac_srcdir,g' -e 's,\(cd
\)\($ac_\)\(pop\)*\(dir\),\1"\2\3\4",g' -e
's,$am_aux_dir/missing,\\"$am_aux_dir\\"/missing,g'
  + mv -f ./configure.tmp ./configure
  + chmod +x ./configure
  + rm -f -r ./autom4te.cache
  sed: can't read ./Makefile.in: No such file or directory

It generates a "configure" script in "unix/.." .

Then I do:  cd ..; ./configure COMPILED_BY="Bisqwit <bis### [at] ikifi>".
configuring stops at the following error:
  ---------
  checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
  configure: creating ./config.status
  config.status: error: cannot find input file: `Makefile.in'


Bash's autocomplete gives me the following list of versions of autotools:

  unix$ automake
  automake       automake-1.14  automake-1.4   automake-1.8   automake-1.9   
  unix$ autoconf
  autoconf      autoconf2.13  autoconf2.50  autoconf2.59  autoconf2.64  
  unix$ autohead
  autoheader      autoheader2.13  autoheader2.50  autoheader2.59  autoheader2.64  
  unix$ acloc
  aclocal       aclocal-1.14  aclocal-1.4   aclocal-1.8   aclocal-1.9   

  autoconf version is 2.69. automake version is 1.14.
  autoheader version is 2.69. aclocal version is 1.14.


What should I do?



*) Preliminary fix:
In unix/config/ax_boost_thread.m4, I added -lboost_system
right next to -l$ax_lib, because otherwise configure would
complain that it cannot link with boost_thread and config.log
would indicate this linker error message:
undefined reference to symbol '_ZN5boost6system15system_categoryEv'

-- 
Joel Yliluoma
http://iki.fi/bisqwit/

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