GNU bug report logs - #12877
automake error: unrequested trace ''

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From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: Sebastian Freundt <sebastian.freundt <at> ga-group.nl>
Cc: 12877 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12877: automake error: unrequested trace ''
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:59:59 +0100

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 /home/freundt/usr/bin/automake line 5267, <GEN0> line 2.
> Use of uninitialized value $macro in concatenation (.) or string at /home/freundt/usr/bin/automake line 5267, <GEN0> line 2.
> automake: error: unrequested trace ''
> automake: Please contact <bug-automake <at> gnu.org>.
>  at /home/freundt/usr/share/automake-1.12/Automake/Channels.pm line 662
>         Automake::Channels::msg('automake', '', 'unrequested trace \'\'') called at /home/freundt/usr/share/automake-1.12/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm line 212
>         Automake::ChannelDefs::prog_error('unrequested trace \'\'') called at /home/freundt/usr/bin/automake line 5267
>         Automake::scan_autoconf_traces('configure.ac') called at /home/freundt/usr/bin/automake line 5533
>         Automake::scan_autoconf_files() called at /home/freundt/usr/bin/automake line 8588
> autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 29
> 
> In project: https://quickplot.svn.sf.net/svnroot/quickplot/trunk
> 
I cannot reproduce this failure with the latest automake release (1.12.4).
I've tried with both autoconf 2.69 and autoconf 2.65, just to be extra sure.

Does the error disappear for you as well if you use automake 1.12.4?

Thanks,
  Stefano

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