fatal: ambiguous message

[Bruce Korb]

Hi,

Is this fatal?  If so, how come it continued?
If not, then why does it say, "fatal"?
What is really wrong?  This looks like it is trying to extract
a git version and fiddle something, but is not doing it correctly.
I do not think that a git version should be at issue and
here is the line from "configure" wherein the configured version
is stamped:

> # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.65 for GNU libposix 0.1.0-libposix.

and the ensuing messages:

> autoreconf: running: /old-home/ROOT/usr/local/bin/autoconf --force
> fatal: ambiguous argument 'v0.1..HEAD': unknown revision or path not in the 
> working tree.
> Use '--' to separate paths from revisions
> autoreconf: running: /old-home/ROOT/usr/local/bin/autoheader --force
> fatal: ambiguous argument 'v0.1..HEAD': unknown revision or path not in the 
> working tree.

the configure.ac file starts with this:

> AC_INIT([GNU libposix],
>     m4_esyscmd([./git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
>     address@hidden)

Thanks! Regards, Bruce