On 2021-04-20, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 7:00 AM Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I'm working on an Apple Mac-mini M1. I installed M4 1.4.18 in /usr/local. >> >> % /usr/local/bin/m4 --version >> zsh: abort /usr/local/bin/m4 --version >> % /usr/local/bin/m4 -V >> zsh: abort /usr/local/bin/m4 -V >> <give up> [...] > % sudo lldb /usr/local/bin/m4 > (lldb) target create "/usr/local/bin/m4" > Current executable set to '/usr/local/bin/m4' (arm64). > (lldb) r --version > Process 36645 launched: '/usr/local/bin/m4' (arm64) > Process 36645 stopped > * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = signal SIGABRT > frame #0: 0x00000001a32f1130 libsystem_kernel.dylib`__abort_with_payload > + 8 > libsystem_kernel.dylib`__abort_with_payload: > -> 0x1a32f1130 <+8>: b.lo 0x1a32f1150 ; <+40> > 0x1a32f1134 <+12>: pacibsp > 0x1a32f1138 <+16>: stp x29, x30, [sp, #-0x10]! > 0x1a32f113c <+20>: mov x29, sp > Target 0: (m4) stopped. > (lldb) bt > * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = signal SIGABRT > * frame #0: 0x00000001a32f1130 libsystem_kernel.dylib`__abort_with_payload > + 8 > frame #1: 0x00000001a32f3a20 > libsystem_kernel.dylib`abort_with_payload_wrapper_internal + 104 > frame #2: 0x00000001a32f3a54 libsystem_kernel.dylib`abort_with_payload + > 16 > frame #3: 0x00000001a3248864 libsystem_c.dylib`_os_crash_fmt.cold.1 + > 80 > frame #4: 0x00000001a31e3e74 libsystem_c.dylib`_os_crash_fmt + 164 > frame #5: 0x00000001a3216aa4 libsystem_c.dylib`__vfprintf + 11604 > frame #6: 0x00000001a323896c libsystem_c.dylib`__v2printf + 404 > frame #7: 0x00000001a321df00 libsystem_c.dylib`_vsnprintf + 264 > frame #8: 0x00000001a3212c58 libsystem_c.dylib`snprintf + 72 > frame #9: 0x000000010002ae08 m4`vasnprintf + 1644 > frame #10: 0x000000010002b34c m4`rpl_vasprintf + 40 > frame #11: 0x0000000100017ee8 m4`xvasprintf + 168 > frame #12: 0x0000000100017fac m4`xasprintf + 28 > frame #13: 0x0000000100002ff0 m4`main + 100 > frame #14: 0x00000001a331df34 libdyld.dylib`start + 4 This is clearly not an Autoconf problem. GNU M4 has its own mailing list for bug reports[1]. I suggest sending your bug report there: bug-m4@xxxxxxx [1] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-m4 Cheers, Nick