How to build mesos on Mavericks

Question

I cloned from git:

git clone git://git.apache.org/mesos.git

and also had done

brew install autoconf automake libtool

Then trying to follow the "Getting started" at

http://mesos.apache.org/gettingstarted/

And specifically :

Only if running from source code cloned from git, 
run ./bootstrap otherwise skip to step 3

So I ran

./bootstrap

Here is a trimmed output of the results. I did not see any ERRORS as such but plenty of WARNings. End result exited with 1 and no configure script was generated:

autoreconf: configure.ac: adding subdirectory 3rdparty/stout to autoreconf
autoreconf: Entering directory `3rdparty/stout'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: running: /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autoconf --warnings=all
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Autoheader
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --no-force --warnings=all
configure.ac:10: installing './missing'
autoreconf: Leaving directory `3rdparty/stout'
autoreconf: running: glibtoolize --copy
glibtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.
glibtoolize: copying file `./ltmain.sh'
..
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/ltversion.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
..
m4/libtool.m4:694: LT_OUTPUT is expanded from...
configure.ac:28: the top level
configure.ac:87: warning: The macro `AC_LANG_SAVE' is obsolete.
configure.ac:87: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:128: AC_LANG_SAVE is expanded from...
m4/acx_pthread.m4:363: ACX_PTHREAD is expanded from...
configure.ac:87: the top level
configure.ac:87: warning: The macro `AC_LANG_C' is obsolete.
configure.ac:87: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/c.m4:72: AC_LANG_C is expanded from...
m4/acx_pthread.m4:363: ACX_PTHREAD is expanded from...
configure.ac:87: the top level
configure.ac:87: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_LINK' is obsolete.
configure.ac:87: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2688: AC_TRY_LINK is expanded from...
m4/acx_pthread.m4:363: ACX_PTHREAD is expanded from...
configure.ac:87: the top level
configure.ac:87: warning: The macro `AC_LANG_RESTORE' is obsolete.
configure.ac:87: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:134: AC_LANG_RESTORE is expanded from...
m4/acx_pthread.m4:363: ACX_PTHREAD is expanded from...
configure.ac:87: the top level
configure.ac:21: installing './ar-lib'
configure.ac:21: installing './compile'
configure.ac:8: installing './config.guess'
configure.ac:8: installing './config.sub'
configure.ac:18: installing './missing'
automake: warnings are treated as errors
3rdparty/Makefile.am:71: warning: source file '$(GTEST)/src/gtest-all.cc' is in a subdirectory,
3rdparty/Makefile.am:71: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
automake: warning: possible forward-incompatibility.
automake: At least a source file is in a subdirectory, but the 'subdir-objects'
automake: automake option hasn't been enabled.  For now, the corresponding output
automake: object file(s) will be placed in the top-level directory.  However,
automake: this behaviour will change in future Automake versions: they will
automake: unconditionally cause object files to be placed in the same subdirectory
automake: of the corresponding sources.
automake: You are advised to start using 'subdir-objects' option throughout your
automake: project, to avoid future incompatibilities.
3rdparty/Makefile.am:71: warning: source file '$(GMOCK)/src/gmock-all.cc' is in a subdirectory,
3rdparty/Makefile.am:71: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
3rdparty/Makefile.am:61: warning: source file '$(RY_HTTP_PARSER)/http_parser.c' is in a subdirectory,
3rdparty/Makefile.am:61: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
3rdparty/Makefile.am:118: warning: source file '$(STOUT)/tests/bytes_tests.cpp' is in a subdirectory,
..
3rdparty/Makefile.am:118: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
3rdparty/Makefile.am:118: warning: source file '$(STOUT)/tests/flags_tests.cpp' is in a subdirectory,
3rdparty/Makefile.am:118: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
..
3rdparty/Makefile.am:146: warning: source file '$(STOUT)/tests/proc_tests.cpp' is in a subdirectory,
3rdparty/Makefile.am:146: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
3rdparty/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'
Makefile.am:29: warning: source file 'src/latch.cpp' is in a subdirectory,
Makefile.am:29: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
Makefile.am:29: warning: source file 'src/pid.cpp' is in a subdirectory,
Makefile.am:29: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
Makefile.am:29: warning: source file 'src/process.cpp' is in a subdirectory,
Makefile.am:29: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
Makefile.am:29: warning: source file 'src/statistics.cpp' is in a subdirectory,
Makefile.am:29: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
..
Makefile.am:101: warning: source file 'src/tests/shared_tests.cpp' is in a subdirectory,
Makefile.am:101: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
Makefile.am:101: warning: source file 'src/tests/statistics_tests.cpp' is in a subdirectory,
Makefile.am:101: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
Makefile.am:101: warning: source file 'src/tests/time_tests.cpp' is in a subdirectory,
Makefile.am:101: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1

Answer 1

The Mesos team updated the "Getting Started" document with instructions on building and running Mesos on Mavericks.

GCC was replaced with Clang on Mavericks, and so you first have to install GCC 4.7+. You can use Homebrew to install it (Note: installing GCC takes a loooong time):

brew tap homebrew/versions
brew install gcc48

This is the gist of getting started on Mavericks:

# Make sure you have the right versions of automake and GCC.
# For example:
$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.12.6
...

$ aclocal --version
aclocal (GNU automake) 1.12.6
...

$ gcc-4.8 --version
gcc-4.8 (GCC) 4.8.1
...

# Follow bootstrap steps above.

# Configure and build.
$ mkdir build
$ cd build

# The prepending CC and CXX will select custom compilers to build Mesos with.
$ CC=gcc-4.8 CXX=g++-4.8 ../configure