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Fwd: installation of automake, autoconf, m4 error

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From: Krishnan Rajiyah <krajiyah <at> gmail.com>
To: m4-announce <at> gnu.org, m4-discuss <at> gnu.org, automake-announce <at> gnu.org, 
 bug-automake <at> gnu.org, autoconf-announce <at> gnu.org, autoconf-discuss <at> gnu.org, 
 automake-discuss <at> gnu.org, bug-autoconf <at> gnu.org, 
 "bug-m4 <at> gnu.org" <bug-m4 <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Fwd: installation of automake, autoconf, m4 error
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 14:37:23 +0000

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From: Krishnan Rajiyah <krajiyah <at> gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:40 AM
Subject: installation of automake, autoconf, m4 error
To: <gnu <at> gnu.org>, <bug-m4 <at> gnu.org>


Hello GNU,

I have been trying to install automake, autoconf, and m4 on my
NetBSD-4.0.1-x68k system. As I understand from your website, automake
requires autoconf which requires m4 which requires perl. I havent installed
perl yet, because I am getting errors saying that it cant make built-in
(still trying to find a way around this).

However, the problem I had with m4 make was not with perl, it said that
automake-1.14 was missing from the system. This does not make sense since
that would mean that there would be a cycle in the dependency tree.

I am trying to install the latest version of autoconf (2012 release), the
latest version of m4 (2013 release), and the second latest verison of
automake (2013 release).

Can you please tell me what I am doing wrong? Is your software even
compatible with a NetBSD-4.0.1-x68k system?

Thanks,
Krishnan Rajiyah

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From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
To: Krishnan Rajiyah <krajiyah <at> gmail.com>
Cc: m4-discuss <at> gnu.org, automake-discuss <at> gnu.org, m4-announce <at> gnu.org,
 bug-autoconf <at> gnu.org, autoconf-discuss <at> gnu.org, autoconf-announce <at> gnu.org,
 bug-m4 <at> gnu.org, automake-announce <at> gnu.org, 20941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20941: Fwd: installation of automake, autoconf, m4 error
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 18:46:08 +0200

Hello,

Krishnan Rajiyah <krajiyah <at> gmail.com> writes:

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Krishnan Rajiyah <krajiyah <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:40 AM
> Subject: installation of automake, autoconf, m4 error
> To: <gnu <at> gnu.org>, <bug-m4 <at> gnu.org>
>
> Hello GNU,
>
> I have been trying to install automake, autoconf, and m4 on my NetBSD-4.0.1-x68k system. As I understand from your website, automake requires autoconf which requires m4 which requires perl. I havent
> installed perl yet, because I am getting errors saying that it cant make built-in (still trying to find a way around this).
>
> However, the problem I had with m4 make was not with perl, it said that automake-1.14 was missing from the system. This does not make sense since that would mean that there would be a cycle in the
> dependency tree.
>
> I am trying to install the latest version of autoconf (2012 release), the latest version of m4 (2013 release), and the second latest verison of automake (2013 release).
>
> Can you please tell me what I am doing wrong? Is your software even compatible with a NetBSD-4.0.1-x68k system?

When building a package from a tarball, Unless something fishy happened
in the distribution process, Automake should not be required.  Maybe you
were trying to build m4 from the git repository?  I have successfully
built m4-1.4.18 tarball on my system without requiring Automake.

Thanks for the bug report.

-- 
Mathieu Lirzin
GPG: F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761  070D 0ADE E100 9460 4D37

Message #11 received at 20941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
To: Krishnan Rajiyah <krajiyah <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 20941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20941: Fwd: installation of automake, autoconf, m4 error
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 18:50:15 +0200

Please avoid cross posting across mailing lists.

Krishnan Rajiyah <krajiyah <at> gmail.com> writes:

> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Krishnan Rajiyah <krajiyah <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:40 AM
> Subject: installation of automake, autoconf, m4 error
> To: <gnu <at> gnu.org>, <bug-m4 <at> gnu.org>
>
> Hello GNU,
>
> I have been trying to install automake, autoconf, and m4 on my NetBSD-4.0.1-x68k system. As I understand from your website, automake requires autoconf which requires m4 which requires perl. I havent
> installed perl yet, because I am getting errors saying that it cant make built-in (still trying to find a way around this).
>
> However, the problem I had with m4 make was not with perl, it said that automake-1.14 was missing from the system. This does not make sense since that would mean that there would be a cycle in the
> dependency tree.
>
> I am trying to install the latest version of autoconf (2012 release), the latest version of m4 (2013 release), and the second latest verison of automake (2013 release).
>
> Can you please tell me what I am doing wrong? Is your software even compatible with a NetBSD-4.0.1-x68k system?
>
> Thanks,
> Krishnan Rajiyah

Since in any case this is not related to an automake bug.  I closing
this issue.

Thanks.

-- 
Mathieu Lirzin
GPG: F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761  070D 0ADE E100 9460 4D37

Message #18 received at 20941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
To: Krishnan Rajiyah <krajiyah <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 20941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20941: Fwd: installation of automake, autoconf, m4 error
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 21:39:04 +0200

Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Please avoid cross posting across mailing lists.
>
> Krishnan Rajiyah <krajiyah <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: Krishnan Rajiyah <krajiyah <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:40 AM
>> Subject: installation of automake, autoconf, m4 error
>> To: <gnu <at> gnu.org>, <bug-m4 <at> gnu.org>
>>
>> Hello GNU,
>>
>> I have been trying to install automake, autoconf, and m4 on my
>> NetBSD-4.0.1-x68k system. As I understand from your website,
>> automake requires autoconf which requires m4 which requires perl. I
>> havent
>> installed perl yet, because I am getting errors saying that it cant make built-in (still trying to find a way around this).
>>
>> However, the problem I had with m4 make was not with perl, it said
>> that automake-1.14 was missing from the system. This does not make
>> sense since that would mean that there would be a cycle in the
>> dependency tree.
>>
>> I am trying to install the latest version of autoconf (2012 release), the latest version of m4 (2013 release), and the second latest verison of automake (2013 release).
>>
>> Can you please tell me what I am doing wrong? Is your software even compatible with a NetBSD-4.0.1-x68k system?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Krishnan Rajiyah
>
> Since in any case this is not related to an automake bug.  I closing
> this issue.

I may have been too quick in my conclusion that this is not an automake
bug.  This may be related to bug#20831 [1]

Can you confirm that you were actually building from a tarball ?
If yes then I will reopen this bug and merge it with bug#20831.

Are you able to reproduce this issue with the latest versions of
Autoconf, Automake, and m4 ?

Thanks.

-- 
Mathieu Lirzin
GPG: F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761  070D 0ADE E100 9460 4D37

[1] https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=20831

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