GNU bug report logs - #28967
Global options already processed error when running 'autoreconf'

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From: Sostom M N <sostomc011 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: How can I resolve this
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:36:28 +0300

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I am trying to run autoreconf , and this is what i get:
/usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of
AM_PATH_LOG4C
/usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7:   run info Automake 'Extending aclocal'
/usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7:   or see
http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of
AM_PATH_LOG4C
/usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7:   run info Automake 'Extending aclocal'
/usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7:   or see
http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
automake: error: global options already processed
automake: Please contact <bug-automake <at> gnu.org>.
 at /usr/share/automake-1.15/Automake/Channels.pm line 662, <GEN0> line 105.
Automake::Channels::msg("automake", "", "global options already processed")
called at /usr/share/automake-1.15/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm line 212
Automake::ChannelDefs::prog_error("global options already processed")
called at /usr/share/automake-1.15/Automake/Options.pm line 421
Automake::Options::process_global_option_list(HASH(0x2f920b0)) called at
/usr/bin/automake line 5337
Automake::scan_autoconf_traces("configure.ac") called at /usr/bin/automake
line 5437
Automake::scan_autoconf_files() called at /usr/bin/automake line 8259
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 29

Regards
Sostomc

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From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
To: Sostom M N <sostomc011 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 28967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28967: How can I resolve this
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:14:07 +0100

Hello,

Sostom M N <sostomc011 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I am trying to run autoreconf , and this is what i get:
> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_LOG4C
> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: run info Automake 'Extending aclocal'
> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: or see http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_LOG4C
> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: run info Automake 'Extending aclocal'
> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: or see http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
> automake: error: global options already processed
> automake: Please contact <bug-automake <at> gnu.org>.
> at /usr/share/automake-1.15/Automake/Channels.pm line 662, <GEN0> line 105.
> Automake::Channels::msg("automake", "", "global options already processed") called at /usr/share/automake-1.15/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm line 212
> Automake::ChannelDefs::prog_error("global options already processed") called at /usr/share/automake-1.15/Automake/Options.pm line 421
> Automake::Options::process_global_option_list(HASH(0x2f920b0)) called at /usr/bin/automake line 5337
> Automake::scan_autoconf_traces("configure.ac") called at /usr/bin/automake line 5437
> Automake::scan_autoconf_files() called at /usr/bin/automake line 8259
> autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 29

I would need more context.  Could you give me some instructions to
reproduce this bug?

Thanks.

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

Message #13 received at 28967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
To: Sostom M N <sostomc011 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 28967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28967: How can I resolve this
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:36:48 +0100

Hello,

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

> Sostom M N <sostomc011 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I am trying to run autoreconf , and this is what i get:
>> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_LOG4C
>> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: run info Automake 'Extending aclocal'
>> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: or see http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
>> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_LOG4C
>> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: run info Automake 'Extending aclocal'
>> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: or see http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
>> automake: error: global options already processed
>> automake: Please contact <bug-automake <at> gnu.org>.
>> at /usr/share/automake-1.15/Automake/Channels.pm line 662, <GEN0> line 105.
>> Automake::Channels::msg("automake", "", "global options already processed") called at /usr/share/automake-1.15/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm line 212
>> Automake::ChannelDefs::prog_error("global options already processed") called at /usr/share/automake-1.15/Automake/Options.pm line 421
>> Automake::Options::process_global_option_list(HASH(0x2f920b0)) called at /usr/bin/automake line 5337
>> Automake::scan_autoconf_traces("configure.ac") called at /usr/bin/automake line 5437
>> Automake::scan_autoconf_files() called at /usr/bin/automake line 8259
>> autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 29
>
> I would need more context.  Could you give me some instructions to
> reproduce this bug?

Any news?

Thanks.

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

Message #18 received at 28967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Sostom M N <sostomc011 <at> gmail.com>, 28967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28967: How can I resolve this
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 07:49:15 -0600

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On 10/24/2017 06:36 AM, Sostom M N wrote:
> I am trying to run autoreconf , and this is what i get:
> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of
> AM_PATH_LOG4C

Most likely, log4c.m4 defines AM_PATH_LOG4C incorrectly, with
insufficient quoting (by the way, the AM_ namespace is reserved for
automake, but log4c.m4 doesn't belong to automake, so the macro should
be using a different name in the first place), and that initial error
then causes knock-on effects...

> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7:   run info Automake 'Extending aclocal'
> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7:   or see
> http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of
> AM_PATH_LOG4C
> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7:   run info Automake 'Extending aclocal'
> /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7:   or see
> http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
> automake: error: global options already processed
> automake: Please contact <bug-automake <at> gnu.org>.
>  at /usr/share/automake-1.15/Automake/Channels.pm line 662, <GEN0> line 105.
> Automake::Channels::msg("automake", "", "global options already processed")

that confuse automake itself.  But we'd have to see the contents of
log4c.m4 to know for sure.

-- 
Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc.           +1-919-301-3266
Virtualization:  qemu.org | libvirt.org

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