bug#12877: automake error: unrequested trace ''

2012-11-13 Thread Sebastian Freundt
shell> automake --version automake (GNU automake) 1.12.1 autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing Use of uninitialized value $macro in exists at /home/freundt/usr/bin/automake line 5267, line 2. Use of uninitialized value $macro in concatenation (.) or string at /home/

bug#12877: automake error: unrequested trace ''

2012-11-13 Thread Stefano Lattarini
tags 12877 + moreinfo thanks Hi Sebastian, thanks for the report. On 11/13/2012 11:30 AM, Sebastian Freundt wrote: > shell> automake --version > automake (GNU automake) 1.12.1 > > autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing > Use of uninitialized value $macro in exists at

bug#12845: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks

2012-11-13 Thread Stefano Lattarini
reopen 12845 thanks [+cc automake bug 12845; reopening it] On 11/13/2012 08:44 PM, Nick Bowler wrote: > On 2012-11-13 20:51 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 09:30:45AM -0500, Nick Bowler wrote: >>> On 2012-11-13 01:12 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: In the future libtool will u

bug#12845: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks

2012-11-13 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/13/2012 01:16 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> But the old way will have to stick around for compatibility with older >> packages that have not been updated to the New Way. So since we have to >> keep the old way around anyway, why not just continue to use the old way >> for old packages? Th

bug#12845: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks

2012-11-13 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2012-11-13 13:39 -0700, Eric Blake wrote: > On 11/13/2012 01:16 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >> But the old way will have to stick around for compatibility with older > >> packages that have not been updated to the New Way. So since we have to > >> keep the old way around anyway, why not just

bug#12845: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks

2012-11-13 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/13/2012 02:35 PM, Nick Bowler wrote: > (0) Packages have a simple AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([foo]) and a simple > ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I foo and don't do anything weird. I think all > of us agree that this is the most common case. Yep, and it works. > > (1) Packages that use ACLOCAL_A

bug#12845: [PATCH] AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS: improve tracing and add sanity checks

2012-11-13 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 04:35:38PM -0500, Nick Bowler wrote: >... > (1) Packages that use ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS to specify one or more macro > directories and do *NOT* use AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR at all. You > agreed earlier that this was a good choice for packages using > more than one macr

bug#12877: automake error: unrequested trace ''

2012-11-13 Thread Sebastian Freundt
Stefano Lattarini writes: > tags 12877 + moreinfo > thanks > > Hi Sebastian, thanks for the report. > > On 11/13/2012 11:30 AM, Sebastian Freundt wrote: >> shell> automake --version >> automake (GNU automake) 1.12.1 >> >> autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing >> Use