GNU bug report logs - #44992
Use of uninitialized value $macro in exists at /usr/bin/automake line 5268, <GEN0> line 1

Previous Next

To add a comment to this bug, you must first unarchive it, by sending
a message to control AT debbugs.gnu.org, with unarchive 44992 in the body.
You can then email your comments to 44992 AT debbugs.gnu.org in the normal way.

Toggle the display of automated, internal messages from the tracker.

Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Łukasz "HaRRy[LP]" S. <mr.harrylp <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: Use of uninitialized value $macro in exists at /usr/bin/automake line
 5268, <GEN0> line 1
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 16:12:55 +0100

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Hi,

I've got:
```
running: automake -a
Use of uninitialized value $macro in exists at /usr/bin/automake line 5268,
<GEN0> line 1.
Use of uninitialized value $macro in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/bin/automake line 5268, <GEN0> line 1.
automake: error: unrequested trace ''
automake: Please contact <bug-automake <at> gnu.org>.
 at /usr/share/automake-1.16/Automake/Channels.pm line 662, <GEN0> line 1.
      Automake::Channels::msg("automake", "", "unrequested trace ''")
called at /usr/share/automake-1.16/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm line 212
      Automake::ChannelDefs::prog_error("unrequested trace ''") called at
/usr/bin/automake line 5268
      Automake::scan_autoconf_traces("configure.ac") called at
/usr/bin/automake line 5527
      Automake::scan_autoconf_files() called at /usr/bin/automake line 8355
```

[As you can also see in my CI log:
https://github.com/pmem/pmemkv/runs/1477402876?check_suite_focus=true#step:4:1997
]

Steps to reproduce was as follows:
```
git clone https://github.com/pmem/valgrind.git  (but tested also with
non-forked, original repo: git clone git://sourceware.org/git/valgrind.git)
cd valgrind
./autogen.sh
```
[this is a test step of my CI:
https://github.com/pmem/pmemkv/blob/master/utils/docker/images/install-valgrind.sh#L31
)

Environment:
Fedora rawhide
autoconf           noarch  2.69-34.fc33
automake         noarch  1.16.2-3.fc34

[Message part 2 (text/html, inline)]

Message #8 received at 44992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: mr.harrylp <at> gmail.com
Cc: 44992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44992: Use of uninitialized value $macro in exists at
 /usr/bin/automake line 5268, <GEN0> line 1
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 18:56:21 -0700

Thanks for the report, but:

    running: automake -a
    Use of uninitialized value $macro in exists at /usr/bin/automake line 5268,
    ...
    automake         noarch  1.16.2-3.fc34

When I try your repo with our unchanged automake-1.16.3 release on
ftp.gnu.org (recently made), I do not get the warning you did (or
any). It all worked fine, surprisingly enough.

Also, I don't think any of the changes between 1.16.2 and 1.16.3 would
have touched this area.

So, maybe something to report to the Fedora automake maintainers. I'm
closing the bug here, but feel free to send more info if desired.

Thanks,
Karl

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.