When attempting to bootstrap grep.git using autoconf.git (v2.69-37-gb9dc6b6), I see this failure: autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 -I m4 configure.ac:81: error: AC_PROG_CC cannot be called after AM_PROG_CC_C_O ../../lib/autoconf/c.m4:1459: AC_PROG_CC_STDC is expanded from... m4/gnulib-common.m4:229: gl_PROG_CC_C99 is expanded from... m4/gnulib-comp.m4:34: gl_EARLY is expanded from... configure.ac:81: the top level autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 aclocal: error: /p/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1 autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1 ./bootstrap: autoreconf failed I worked around it by making this change. >From 703a9cf560db57abfc9ff3457fc5a696c1f563ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:00:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] build: use AC_PROG_CC_STDC rather than AC_PROG_CC * configure.ac: Use AC_PROG_CC_STDC rather than AC_PROG_CC, to accommodate autoconf-2.69-37+. --- configure.ac | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 1e51ffc..84c6049 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ dnl Checks for programs. AC_CANONICAL_HOST AC_PROG_AWK AC_PROG_INSTALL -AC_PROG_CC +AC_PROG_CC_STDC gl_EARLY AC_PROG_RANLIB -- 1.8.0 _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf