Re: Problem with latest CVS autoconf

[Harlan Stenn]

> That's interesting. I thought they jumped from 2.6 to 7, so it's probably
> Solaris 8.

They did.  config.guess still calls it 2.8, though.  8 == 5.8 == 2.8,
depending on what script you look at.

> > % cd autoconf
> > % mkdir A.`config.guess`
> > % cd !$
> > % ../configure
> 
> Please send us the full output. Don't forget stderr.

% ../configure
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for gm4... /usr/local/bin/gm4
checking whether m4 supports frozen files... yes
checking for mawk... no
checking for gawk... no
checking for nawk... nawk
checking for working help2man... missing
checking for perl... /usr/local/perl-5.6.0/bin/perl
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c
creating ./config.status
creating Makefile
creating m4/Makefile
creating man/Makefile
creating doc/Makefile
creating tests/Makefile
creating tests/atconfig

> > % gmake
> 
> The same. If it's too big send the last 50 lines.

% gmake
cd . \
  && CONFIG_FILES=Makefile CONFIG_HEADERS= /bin/sh ./config.status
creating Makefile
Making all in .
gmake[1]: Entering directory 
`/usr/local/trilogy/download/src/gnu/auto/autoconf/A.sparc-sun-solaris2.8'
sed 's,@VERSION\@,2.49b,g' ../acversion.m4.in >acversion.tm4
mv acversion.tm4 ../acversion.m4
/usr/local/bin/gm4 -I .. ../autoconf.m4 -D divert | \
  sed 's/#.*//;/^$/d' >process.log
if grep . process.log >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
  echo "Processing ../autoconf.m4 produced output:" >&2; \
  sed "s,^,../autoconf.m4: ," < process.log >&2; \
  echo >&2; \
  exit 1; \
else \
  rm -f process.log; \
fi
Processing ../autoconf.m4 produced output:
../autoconf.m4: define(AC_ACVERSION, 2.49b)

gmake[1]: *** [autoconf.m4f] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/local/trilogy/download/src/gnu/auto/autoconf/A.sparc-sun-solaris2.8'
gmake: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

> Also please attach config.log

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by  (Autoconf 2.49b) 2.49b, executed with
 > ../configure 

on hawaii.trilogy.com:

uname -m = sun4u
uname -r = 5.8
uname -s = SunOS
uname -v = Generic

/usr/bin/uname -p = sparc
/bin/uname -X     = System = SunOS
Node = hawaii.trilogy.com
Release = 5.8
KernelID = Generic
Machine = sun4u
BusType = <unknown>
Serial = <unknown>
Users = <unknown>
OEM# = 0
Origin# = 1
NumCPU = 2

hostinfo               = 
/bin/universe          = 
/usr/bin/arch -k       = sun4u
/bin/arch              = sun4
/usr/bin/oslevel       = 
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = 
configure:853: checking for a BSD compatible install
configure:902: result: /usr/local/bin/install -c
configure:913: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:952: result: yes
configure:973: checking whether make sets ${MAKE}
configure:993: result: yes
configure:1020: checking for working aclocal
configure:1027: result: found
configure:1035: checking for working autoconf
configure:1042: result: found
configure:1050: checking for working automake
configure:1057: result: found
configure:1065: checking for working autoheader
configure:1072: result: found
configure:1080: checking for working makeinfo
configure:1087: result: found
configure:1106: checking for gm4
configure:1133: result: /usr/local/bin/gm4
configure:1144: checking whether m4 supports frozen files
configure:1156: result: yes
configure:1170: checking for mawk
configure:1195: result: no
configure:1170: checking for gawk
configure:1195: result: no
configure:1170: checking for nawk
configure:1192: result: nawk
configure:1203: checking for working help2man
configure:1214: result: missing
configure:1221: checking for perl
configure:1249: result: /usr/local/perl-5.6.0/bin/perl
configure:1275: checking for a BSD compatible install
configure:1324: result: /usr/local/bin/install -c

Cache variables:
| ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=''
| ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=''
| ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=''
| ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=''
| ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=''
| ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=''
| ac_cv_path_M4='/usr/local/bin/gm4'
| ac_cv_path_PERL='/usr/local/perl-5.6.0/bin/perl'
| ac_cv_path_install='/usr/local/bin/install -c'
| ac_cv_prog_AWK='nawk'
| ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4='yes'
| ac_cv_prog_make_make_set='yes'

confdefs.h:
| #define PACKAGE "autoconf"
| #define VERSION "2.49b"
configure:1462: creating ./config.status
configure: exit 0
-----------------------------------------------------

This file was extended by config.status (Autoconf 2.49b) 2.49b, executed with
 > ./config.status 
on hawaii.trilogy.com

config.status:1845: creating Makefile
config.status:1845: creating m4/Makefile
config.status:1845: creating man/Makefile
config.status:1845: creating doc/Makefile
config.status:1845: creating tests/Makefile
config.status:1845: creating tests/atconfig

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This file was extended by config.status (Autoconf 2.49b) 2.49b, executed with
 > ./config.status 
on hawaii.trilogy.com

config.status:1845: creating Makefile