[sr #111044] autoconf should assert existence of all subsidiary tools at startup

URL: Summary: autoconf should assert existence of all subsidiary tools at startup Group: Autoconf Submitter: None Submitted: Mon 01 Apr 2024 03:10:23 PM UTC Priority: 5 -

[sr #111044] autoconf should assert existence of all subsidiary tools at startup

Follow-up Comment #1, sr #111044 (group autoconf): To elaborate on that, people may use the output of such tools to enable or disable certain compiler features. An example of such a case was found when building OpenVPN [0]. This was also reported in 2008 [1]. [0] https://twitter.com/disconnect3d

[sr #111044] autoconf should assert existence of all subsidiary tools at startup

Update of sr #111044 (group autoconf): Priority: 5 - Unprioritized => 2 - Eventually Severity: 3 - Normal => 2 - Minor Status:None => Need Info ___

[sr #111044] autoconf should assert existence of all subsidiary tools at startup

Follow-up Comment #3, sr #111044 (group autoconf): [comment #2 comment #2:] > neither `diff` nor `awk` (and arguably not even `sed`) should be an implicit dependency. Not sure I'd go that far. The [https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Utilities-in-Makefiles.html GNU Coding Standards for u

[sr #111044] autoconf should assert existence of all subsidiary tools at startup

Update of sr #111044 (group autoconf): Status: Need Info => Confirmed ___ Follow-up Comment #4: Copying conversation from bug-autoconf: Frank Eigler: > On the other hand, we've had very real r

Re: [sr #111044] autoconf should assert existence of all subsidiary tools at startup

Hi - On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 05:10:17PM -0400, Paul Eggert wrote: > [...] > Not sure I'd go that far. The > [https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Utilities-in-Makefiles.html GNU > Coding Standards for utilities in makefiles] lists the following as usable > without further ado: > > awk cat

Re: [sr #111044] autoconf should assert existence of all subsidiary tools at startup

On Mon, Apr 1, 2024, at 5:26 PM, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: > On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 05:10:17PM -0400, Paul Eggert wrote: >> [...] >> Not sure I'd go that far. The >> [https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Utilities-in-Makefiles.html GNU >> Coding Standards for utilities in makefiles] lists th

Re: [sr #111044] autoconf should assert existence of all subsidiary tools at startup

Hi - > Frank, do you have details of those real platforms with missing diff? > As I wrote in , it's > difficult to implement this kind of sanity check without access to an > environment that *fails* this kind of sanity check. I could set one up >