Getting bug-autoconf into play: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=372241 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=372179
> Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 20:09:30 +0200 > From: Julien Danjou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: apr-util: FTBFS: cannot stat `./debian/tmp/usr/include/apr-1.0': No > such file or directory > Package: apr-util > Version: 1.2.7-1 > Severity: serious > There was a problem while autobuilding your package: > > dh_install -a > > cp: cannot stat `./debian/tmp/usr/include/apr-1.0': No such file or > > directory > > dh_install: command returned error code 256 > > make: *** [binary-arch] Error 1 This is because the APR_PARSE_ARGUMENTS macro of apr-util parses the configure arguments, very similar to what _AC_INIT_PARSE_ARGS does; and AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM now overwrites the positional parameters by using set x ... I could find an online copy of APR_PARSE_ARGUMENTS here: http://apache.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/document/sources/httpd-2.0.45-html/source/build/apr_common.m4 A note to the apr people: several macros in Autoconf overwrite the positional parameters, not just AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM. For example, AC_CHECK_PROG does, so do some others. There is really no guarantee that $@ is conserved throughout the configure script. IMHO the best would be to just document this limitation in the Autoconf manual. This would mean, however, that apr needs to rewrite its macros. It may be possible to reorder macro invocations so the expansion of APR_PARSE_ARGUMENTS comes before any AC_CANONICAL_*? Thoughts? Cheers, Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
