Please consider updating autotool scripts.

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Hello, I'm from ArchRISC-V Team, a community porting Arch Linux software to RISC-V architecture.

First attempt

Description

While packaging `gnuchess`, we found an error.

Error information

checking build system type... ./config.guess: unable to guess system type
This script, last modified 2009-11-20, has failed to recognize
the operating system you are using. It is advised that you
download the most up to date version of the config scripts from
  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.guess;hb=HEAD
and
  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub;hb=HEAD
If the version you run (./config.guess) is already up to date, please
send the following data and any information you think might be
pertinent to <config-patches@gnu.org> in order to provide the needed
information to handle your system.

config.guess timestamp = 2009-11-20

uname -m = riscv64
uname -r = 5.18.7-arch1-1
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:22:01 +0000

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X     =

hostinfo               =
/bin/universe          =
/usr/bin/arch -k       =
/bin/arch              =
/usr/bin/oslevel       =
/usr/convex/getsysinfo =

UNAME_MACHINE = riscv64
UNAME_RELEASE = 5.18.7-arch1-1
UNAME_SYSTEM  = Linux
UNAME_VERSION = #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:22:01 +0000
configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one

Solved

• Added `autoreconf` in the `prepare()` function in the PKGBUILD. Here is the code:

autoupdate
autoreconf -fiv

Second attempt

Description

Then we got a second error, and it is a dependency error:

Error information

/bin/sh '/build/gnuchess/src/gnuchess-6.2.9/missing' help2man --name='GNU Chess' --info-page='gnuchess' ../src/gnuchess -o gnuchess.1
/build/gnuchess/src/gnuchess-6.2.9/missing: line 81: help2man: command not found
WARNING: 'help2man' is missing on your system.
         You should only need it if you modified a dependency of a man page.
         You may want to install the GNU Help2man package:
         <https://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/>
make[1]: *** [Makefile:560: gnuchess.1] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory '/build/gnuchess/src/gnuchess-6.2.9/man'
make: *** [Makefile:518: all-recursive] Error 1

Solved

• We added it to the `makedepends` in `PKGBUILD` to solve it.
• Build passed.

Summary

• Please consider updating the configure script tools.
  

• We made a patch and patched it into source to let it works, however, as part of our duty, we do suggest our upstreams doing this once and for all instead.

Sincerely thanks.

:)

ArchRISC-V Team Member,

Tiny Snow