Re: Running bootstrap script fails on Debian unstable

[Glenn Washburn]

On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 18:50:05 +0100
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

> Hi Glenn!
> 
> On Mon, 2023-02-20 at 11:34 -0600, Glenn Washburn wrote:
> > Does the 2.06 release build with the new autoconf? It looks like
> > sid is using 2.06, I don't see any special patches for
> > configure.ac, and I presume that the sid grub binary is built with
> > the new autoconf. If this all is true, then I'd guess some of the
> > recent configure.ac changes may have something to do with it.
> 
> Very good point. I checked out grub-2.06 to verify that theory, but
> it actually shows the same problem:
> 
> autoreconf: export WARNINGS=
> autoreconf: Entering directory '.'
> autoreconf: running: true --force
> autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 --force -I m4
> autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Intltool
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gtkdoc
> autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --include=m4 --force
> configure.ac:54: warning: The macro `AC_CONFIG_HEADER' is obsolete.
> configure.ac:54: You should run autoupdate.
> ./lib/autoconf/status.m4:719: AC_CONFIG_HEADER is expanded from...
> configure.ac:54: the top level
> configure.ac:336: warning: AC_PROG_LEX without either yywrap or
> noyywrap is obsolete ./lib/autoconf/programs.m4:716: _AC_PROG_LEX is
> expanded from... ./lib/autoconf/programs.m4:709: AC_PROG_LEX is
> expanded from... configure.ac:336: the top level
> configure.ac:361: warning: The macro `AC_GNU_SOURCE' is obsolete.
> configure.ac:361: You should run autoupdate.
> ./lib/autoconf/specific.m4:312: AC_GNU_SOURCE is expanded from...
> m4/gnulib-comp.m4:34: gl_EARLY is expanded from...
> configure.ac:361: the top level
> configure.ac:361: warning: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE was called before
> AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS ./lib/autoconf/specific.m4:312:
> AC_GNU_SOURCE is expanded from... m4/gnulib-comp.m4:34: gl_EARLY is
> expanded from... configure.ac:361: the top level
> configure.ac:361: warning: The macro `AC_HELP_STRING' is obsolete.
> configure.ac:361: You should run autoupdate.
> ./lib/autoconf/general.m4:204: AC_HELP_STRING is expanded from...
> m4/threadlib.m4:38: gl_THREADLIB_EARLY_BODY is expanded from...
> m4/threadlib.m4:31: gl_THREADLIB_EARLY is expanded from...
> m4/gnulib-comp.m4:34: gl_EARLY is expanded from...
> configure.ac:361: the top level
> configure.ac:372: warning: The macro `AC_GNU_SOURCE' is obsolete.
> configure.ac:372: You should run autoupdate.
> ./lib/autoconf/specific.m4:312: AC_GNU_SOURCE is expanded from...
> configure.ac:372: the top level

It looks like the debian build log[1] for sid has the same messages, up
to here. The package goes on to build successfully.

> configure.ac:423: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_HEADERS
>       If this token and others are legitimate, please use
> m4_pattern_allow. See the Autoconf documentation.
> configure.ac:514: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LINK_IFELSE
> configure.ac:1608: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LANG_CALL
> autoreconf: error: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
> ./bootstrap: autoreconf failed

Do you have installed all the packages that are installed in that build
log? Are you applying all the patches or just building from 2.06 git?

Glenn

[1]
https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=grub2&arch=amd64&ver=2.06-8&stamp=1675915603&raw=0