On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 04:02:47PM +0100, Wookey wrote: >Package: acl >Version: 2.2.51 >Severity: normal >Tags: upstream patch > >acl is not compatible with autoconf2.13 but specifies neither a >build-conflicts nor an AC_PREREQ to set a minimum autoconf version. > >if autoconf2.13 is installed it fails (both for native builds and for >cross-builds) like this: >aclocal -I m4 >autoconf >autoconf: Undefined macros: >configure.in:18:AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4]) >configure.in:22:AC_PROG_LIBTOOL >configure.in:39:AC_PACKAGE_GLOBALS(acl) >configure.in:40:AC_PACKAGE_UTILITIES(acl) >configure.in:41:AC_PACKAGE_NEED_ATTR_XATTR_H >configure.in:42:AC_PACKAGE_NEED_ATTR_ERROR_H >configure.in:43:AC_MULTILIB($enable_lib64) >configure.in:44:AC_PACKAGE_NEED_GETXATTR_LIBATTR >configure.in:45:AC_MANUAL_FORMAT >configure.in:47:AC_FUNC_GCC_VISIBILITY >make[1]: *** [configure] Error 1 >make[1]: Leaving directory >/home/wookey/debian/unstable/crossfixes/origs/acl-2.2.51' >make: *** [.census] Error 2 >dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 > > >This can be fixed in various ways: >1) specify a build-conflicts on autoconf2.13 >2) Add AC_PREREQ([minimumversion]) >3) Rename configure.in to configure.ac > >Fix 1 is debian-specific, and sometimes will simply stop the build >starting, rather than automatically DTRT > >Fix 2 or 3 both indicate to the scripts which try to run the correct >version of autoconf that this is 'modern autoconf' not 'ancient >autoconf'. > >I have included a patch for fix2 as it is simple, and effective both >upstream and in Debian, but upstream should also consider renaming >the configure file to the modern form. > >This issue and fix has been checked on squeeze and wheezy and natty >with versions 2.2.49 and 2.2.51. > >-- System Information: >Debian Release: 6.0.2 > APT prefers stable > APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, > 'experimental') >Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > >Kernel: Linux 2.6.37-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) >Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) >Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Description: Fix for incompatibility with autoconf2.13 This package will not build if autconf2.13 is installed. Adding AC_PREREQ allows the automatic checks to run the correct version of autconf, whichever is installed, or to get a clear error message about the problem. Author: Wookey <woo...@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Wookey <woo...@debian.org> Acked-by: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <ani...@debian.org> --- acl-2.2.49.orig/configure.in +++ acl-2.2.49/configure.in @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. # +AC_PREREQ([2.59]) AC_INIT(include/acl.h) AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.]) AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4]) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
