No it's the # in the URL. Simply removing #libidn2 fixes this problem. Presumably some quoting problem which just needs more precision []? Ross On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 at 09:26, Ross Burton <ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Similar in libidn2: > > | m4:configure.ac:16: Warning: excess arguments to builtin `m4_define' ignored > > 16 AC_INIT([libidn2], [2.3.0], [help-libidn@xxxxxxx],, > 17 [https://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/#libidn2]) > > Not handling the tarname being unset? > > Ross > > On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 at 20:51, Ross Burton <ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Yep, that fixes it. > > > > Ross > > > > On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 at 20:26, Nick Bowler <nbowler@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On 13/10/2020, Ross Burton <ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Using autoconf 2.69c (upgrading from 2.69b meant we could drop two > > > > patches, so that's good news!) to build gmp fails in a rather > > > > mysterious way: > > > [...] > > > > | m4:configure.ac:40: Warning: excess arguments to builtin `m4_define' > > > > ignored > > > > | autom4te: error: m4 failed with exit status: 1 > > > > | aclocal: error: echo failed with exit status: 1 > > > > | autoreconf: error: aclocal failed with exit status: 1 > > > > > > > > Line 40 is: > > > > > > > > AC_INIT(GNU MP, GMP_VERSION, [gmp-bugs@xxxxxxxxxx, see > > > > https://gmplib.org/manual/Reporting-Bugs.html], gmp) > > > > > > > > Has anyone seen this, or similar, before? > > > > > > This appears to be caused by a quoting bug in _AC_INIT_PACKAGE (expanded > > > by AC_INIT) which was recently introduced by commit 6a0c0239449a ("Trim > > > whitespace from arguments of AC_INIT"). > > > > > > It would seem that the comma from the 3rd argument ends up getting > > > passed unquoted to m4_define which results in this error. > > > > > > This code in lib/autoconf/general.m4: > > > > > > m4_ifndef([AC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT], > > > [m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT], _ac_init_BUGREPORT)]) > > > > > > should probably be changed to: > > > > > > m4_ifndef([AC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT], > > > [m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT], m4_defn([_ac_init_BUGREPORT]))]) > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Nick
