libuv fails to configure on centos 6

[d-meiser]

Hi, I'm trying to build libuv on centos 6 and I'm getting the following error message during configuration:

[dmeiser@longspeak libuv]$ sh autogen.sh 
+ libtoolize
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.
libtoolize: linking file `./ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `m4'.
libtoolize: linking file `m4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: linking file `m4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: linking file `m4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: linking file `m4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: linking file `m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
+ aclocal -I m4
+ autoconf
+ automake --add-missing --copy
configure.ac:24: installing `./compile'
configure.ac:20: installing `./config.guess'
configure.ac:20: installing `./config.sub'
configure.ac:19: installing `./install-sh'
configure.ac:19: installing `./missing'
Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'
[dmeiser@longspeak libuv]$ ./configure 
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1966080
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for ar... ar
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... no
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking for kstat_lookup in -lkstat... no
checking for kvm_open in -lkvm... no
checking for gethostbyname in -lnsl... yes
checking for perfstat_cpu in -lperfstat... no
checking for pthread_mutex_init in -lpthread... yes
checking for clock_gettime in -lrt... yes
checking for sendfile in -lsendfile... no
checking for socket in -lsocket... no
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no
./configure: line 12279: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
./configure: line 12279: `; then'

Any idea how to fix this? Unfortunately I don't know any autotools, so can't help much.

[saghul]

What autoconf version are you using? This is a problem with old versions, installing 2.69 should do. Alternatively you can use gyp to build libuv.

[d-meiser]

Thanks for the reply. I was using version 2.63. Will upgrade.

[saghul]

Welcome! If you manage to fix the autoconf script to actually work with older versions I'd take a patch :-) My autoconf-fu is not very strong...