Github action: PnetCDF requires libtool 2.5.4

Author: wkliao

.github/workflows/pnetcdf_master.yml

@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ on:
 
 env:
    MPICH_VERSION: 4.3.0
+   AUTOCONF_VERSION: 2.71
+   AUTOMAKE_VERSION: 1.17
+   M4_VERSION: 1.4.19
+   LIBTOOL_VERSION: 2.5.4
    PNETCDF_VERSION: repo
 
 jobs:
@@ -36,11 +40,46 @@ jobs:
           run: |
             set -x
             sudo apt-get update
-            sudo apt-get install automake autoconf libtool libtool-bin m4
             # mpich
             # sudo apt-get install mpich
             # zlib
             sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev
+        - name: Build GNU autotools
+          run: |
+            export PATH="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/AUTOTOOLS/bin:${PATH}"
+            export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/AUTOTOOLS/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+            cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+            wget -q https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-${M4_VERSION}.tar.gz
+            gzip -dc m4-${M4_VERSION}.tar.gz | tar -xf -
+            cd m4-${M4_VERSION}
+            ./configure --prefix=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/AUTOTOOLS \
+                        --silent
+            make -s -j 8 install > qout 2>&1
+            make -s -j 8 distclean >> qout 2>&1
+            cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+            wget -q https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION}.tar.gz
+            gzip -dc autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION}.tar.gz | tar -xf -
+            cd autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION}
+            ./configure --prefix=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/AUTOTOOLS \
+                        --silent
+            make -s -j 8 install > qout 2>&1
+            make -s -j 8 distclean >> qout 2>&1
+            cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+            wget -q https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-${AUTOMAKE_VERSION}.tar.gz
+            gzip -dc automake-${AUTOMAKE_VERSION}.tar.gz | tar -xf -
+            cd automake-${AUTOMAKE_VERSION}
+            ./configure --prefix=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/AUTOTOOLS \
+                        --silent
+            make -s -j 8 install > qout 2>&1
+            make -s -j 8 distclean >> qout 2>&1
+            cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+            wget -q https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-${LIBTOOL_VERSION}.tar.gz
+            gzip -dc libtool-${LIBTOOL_VERSION}.tar.gz | tar -xf -
+            cd libtool-${LIBTOOL_VERSION}
+            ./configure --prefix=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/AUTOTOOLS \
+                        --silent
+            make -s -j 8 install > qout 2>&1
+            make -s -j 8 distclean >> qout 2>&1
         - name: Build MPICH
           run: |
             set -x
@@ -73,6 +112,12 @@ jobs:
           run: |
             set -x
             cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+            export PATH="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/AUTOTOOLS/bin:${PATH}"
+            export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/AUTOTOOLS/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+            m4 --version
+            autoconf --version
+            automake --version
+            libtool --version
             echo "Install PnetCDF on ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/PnetCDF"
             rm -rf PnetCDF ; mkdir PnetCDF ; cd PnetCDF
             # curl -LO https://parallel-netcdf.github.io/Release/pnetcdf-${PNETCDF_VERSION}.tar.gz