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Global options already processed error when running 'autoreconf'

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Sostom M N <sostomc011 <at> gmail.com>, 28967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: 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.

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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
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