On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 2:15 AM Paul Eggert <eggert@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > In <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2021-04/msg00001.html> > on 4/20/21 4:21 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > Maybe it's time to provide an updated M4. A 6 year old version of M4 > > that crashes is useless. > > It's long past time for a new GNU m4 to be published. I'm not surprised > that GNU m4 won't run on the latest macOS, as macOS has changed so much > recently. Worse, GNU m4 won't build even on the latest GNU/Linux. (That > is, although the GNU m4 code on Savannah in branch-1.4 will build under > GNU/Linux, the latest release GNU m4 1.4.18 won't build.) > > Today I took the time to port GNU m4 branch-1.4 to macOS 11.2.3, so the > next GNU m4 release should run on that macOS version. Please try the > results of my efforts. You can get them from Savannah > <https://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=m4> on branch-1.4 and build from > Git, or you can try the following tarball which I just now generated > from the latest commit e9a56f3e94454077e68f1eb3d583f745e6cef12e: > > https://www.cs.ucla.edu/~eggert/m4-1.4.18.22-dfa46.tar.xz > > I just now used this tarball on macOS 11.2.3 (arm64), ran './configure; > make check' and all tests passed. It'd be helpful to know whether it > runs on your macOS version too, if it's different from mine. I could not find the release tarball. It looks like the link is stale. I'm trying to use Git master. Its having trouble: Cloning into 'm4-master'... remote: Counting objects: 18740, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3286/3286), done. remote: Total 18740 (delta 15198), reused 18740 (delta 15198) Receiving objects: 100% (18740/18740), 7.22 MiB | 14.32 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (15198/15198), done. Switched to a new branch 'branch-1.4' bootstrap: error: Prerequisite 'help2man' not found. Please install it, or bootstrap: 'export HELP2MAN=/path/to/help2man'. bootstrap: error: 'makeinfo' version == 4.8 is too old bootstrap: 'makeinfo' version >= 4.13 is required bootstrap: error: Prerequisite 'autoconf' not found. Please install it, or bootstrap: 'export AUTOCONF=/path/to/autoconf'. bootstrap: error: Prerequisite 'automake' not found. Please install it, or bootstrap: 'export AUTOMAKE=/path/to/automake'. bootstrap: error: HACKING explains how to obtain these prerequisite programs: bootstrap: Program Min_version Homepage bootstrap: ----------------------------------------------------------- bootstrap: help2man 1.29 https://www.gnu.org/s/help2man bootstrap: makeinfo 4.13 https://www.gnu.org/s/texinfo bootstrap: xz - http://tukaani.org/xz bootstrap: autoconf 2.64 http://www.gnu.org/s/autoconf bootstrap: automake 1.11.6 http://www.gnu.org/s/automake bootstrap: autopoint 0.19.2 http://www.gnu.org/s/gettext bootstrap: ----------------------------------------------------------- Failed to generate M4 build files This machine does not have the prereqs on it. I don't have an Apple Developer account to install them. We need M4 to be a stand alone package that just works. Once M4 is installed, I can install Autoconf and then Automake. Jeff
