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bug #38201: Autoconf error

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Wed 30 Jan 2013 07:41:28 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Build/Install Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  * 5 - Normal Status:  Confirmed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  anaumov
Open/Closed:  Closed Release:  Cur Dev Sources
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
Work Required:  None
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Wed 03 Jun 2015 10:01:39 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Yes, it looks like Scientific_Linux_5.8 has autoconf-2.59-12 [1], but the macro AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS was added to autoconf since version 2.60 [2].

So... just update autoconf and have a lot of fun ;-)

Your patch is already in git.

Thank you for contribute,
Alex


[1] http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/slf58/x86_64/SL/
[2] https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html#Posix-Variants

Alexander Naumov <anaumov>
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Wed 30 Jan 2013 07:41:28 AM UTC, original submission:  

Running autogen.sh gives the following error.

$ > ./autogen.sh
configure.in:48: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

This is with commit cbaa666 and:

$ > cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.18-308.20.1.el5 (brewbuilder@norob.fnal.gov) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52)) #1 SMP Tue Nov 13 11:54:02 EST 2012

$ > cat /etc/issue
Scientific Linux release 5.8 (Boron)
Kernel \r on an \m

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file #32537:  0001-Add-AC_PREREQ-to-specify-min-autoconf-version.patch added by None (735B - application/octet-stream - This patch fixes autoconf issues on Debian/Ubuntu, and should cause older incompatible autoconf versions to present a reasonable error message.)

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2015-06-03 anaumov StatusNone Confirmed
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2015-06-03 anaumov Assigned toNone anaumov
    2014-11-24 None Attached File- Added 0001-Add-AC_PREREQ-to-specify-min-autoconf-version.patch, #32537

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