GNU bug report logs - #25359
autoreconf no longer suffices

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 19:37:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 26.0.50

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 25359 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25359: autoreconf no longer suffices
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 14:36:16 -0500

Package: emacs
Version: 26.0.50

After cloning a fresh Emacs, one used to be able to do:

  autoreconf -fi -I m4

then configure etc.

In current master, this no longer works:

  automake: error: cannot open < lib/../nt/gnulib.mk: No such file or directory
  autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1

I think it is wrong to make autogen.sh compulsory in this way.

(Obviously the missing file is irrelevant anyway on non MS-Windows
platforms.)
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