bug#71847: Self-inflicted problem, libtool and automake installed to different prefixes

2024-07-02 Thread Dave Hart
On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 at 00:58, Nick Bowler wrote: > For autoreconf to work with libtool there just needs to be a definition > of LT_INIT available when it runs autoconf for the first time, in order > for the traces to indicate an expansion of LT_INIT. There are a variety > of ways this might happe

bug#71847: Self-inflicted problem, libtool and automake installed to different prefixes

2024-07-02 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2024-07-02 13:34, Dave Hart wrote: > Thanks for running this down, Karl. I'm happy if you're happy, but I > am left with one question: Why is it installing prerelease automake > in a different prefix for testing hasn't required also installing > libtool to the same prefix (think back to your "

bug#71847: Self-inflicted problem, libtool and automake installed to different prefixes

2024-07-02 Thread Karl Berry
Hi Dave, Why is it installing prerelease automake in a different prefix for testing hasn't required also installing libtool to the same prefix In general, I think it does. And always has. This is not new behavior, as far as I can see. (think back to your "baffled" comment)? Indeed :

bug#71847: Self-inflicted problem, libtool and automake installed to different prefixes

2024-07-02 Thread Dave Hart
On Tue, 2 Jul 2024 at 17:15, Karl Berry wrote: > Hi Dave, > > # wget https://davehart.net/ntp/test/ntp-4.2.8p18-vcs.tar.xz > # tar xf *p18-vcs*xz > # cd *vcs > # ./bootstrap > > After more testing, I don't believe it is a regression. If I install > 1.16.5 in its own prefix, say /t

bug#71847: Self-inflicted problem, libtool and automake installed to different prefixes

2024-07-02 Thread Karl Berry
Hi Dave, # wget https://davehart.net/ntp/test/ntp-4.2.8p18-vcs.tar.xz # tar xf *p18-vcs*xz # cd *vcs # ./bootstrap After more testing, I don't believe it is a regression. If I install 1.16.5 in its own prefix, say /tmp/am165, the ntp bootstrap fails in the same way: Makefile.am:16