"Stefano Lattarini" <stefano.lattarini@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> [+cc autoconf]
>
> On 11/14/2012 07:45 AM, Sebastian Freundt wrote:
>> Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> tags 12877 + moreinfo
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Hi Sebastian, thanks for the report.
>>>
>>> On 11/13/2012 11:30 AM, Sebastian Freundt wrote:
>>>> shell> automake --version
>>>> automake (GNU automake) 1.12.1
>>>>
>>>> autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
>>>> Use of uninitialized value $macro in exists at /home/freundt/usr/bin/automake line 5267, <GEN0> line 2.
>>>> Use of uninitialized value $macro in concatenation (.) or string at /home/freundt/usr/bin/automake line 5267, <GEN0> line 2.
>>>> automake: error: unrequested trace ''
>>>> automake: Please contact <bug-automake@xxxxxxx>.
>>>> at /home/freundt/usr/share/automake-1.12/Automake/Channels.pm line 662
>>>> Automake::Channels::msg('automake', '', 'unrequested trace \'\'') called at /home/freundt/usr/share/automake-1.12/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm line 212
>>>> Automake::ChannelDefs::prog_error('unrequested trace \'\'') called at /home/freundt/usr/bin/automake line 5267
>>>> Automake::scan_autoconf_traces('configure.ac') called at /home/freundt/usr/bin/automake line 5533
>>>> Automake::scan_autoconf_files() called at /home/freundt/usr/bin/automake line 8588
>>>> autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 29
>>>>
>>>> In project: https://quickplot.svn.sf.net/svnroot/quickplot/trunk
>>>>
>>> I cannot reproduce this failure with the latest automake release (1.12.4).
>>> I've tried with both autoconf 2.69 and autoconf 2.65, just to be extra sure.
>>>
>>> Does the error disappear for you as well if you use automake 1.12.4?
>>
>> Ah, I found the culprit. But first off, the tag v1.12.4 isn't in the
>> savannah git repo yet.
>>
> Yikes! Thank you very much for catching that, it's fixed now.
>
>> (GNU) m4 when being called with the variable POSIXLY_CORRECT behaves
>> differently as all GNU extensions will be suppressed.
>>
> Modern autoconf versions used with modern GNU m4 versions should pass
> the latter the '-g' option, so that the POSIXLY_CORRECT variable does
> not have any effect on the behaviour of GNU m4. Which versions of
> autoconf and m4 are you using?
>
freundt@clyde:pts/30:~> autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69
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License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
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There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
freundt@clyde:pts/30:~> m4 --version
m4 (GNU M4) 1.9a.574-8613
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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