GNU bug report logs - #48034
git coreutils ./bootstrap failure

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "David L. Craig" <dlc.usa <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:07:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: "David L. Craig" <dlc.usa <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 48034 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48034: git coreutils ./bootstrap failure
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:06:45 -0700
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 4/26/21 3:29 AM, David L. Craig wrote:

>> configure.ac:55: warning: The macro `AC_PROG_CC_STDC' is obsolete.

I reproduced these warnings; they come from Autoconf 2.71. You can 
ignore them, or you can update to the latest coreutils on Savannah, 
where I installed some patches (attached) to silence these.

>> doc/local.mk:19: installing 'build-aux/mdate-sh'
>> Makefile.am:213:   'doc/local.mk' included from here
>> doc/local.mk:19: error: required file 'build-aux/texinfo.tex' not found
>> Makefile.am:213:   'doc/local.mk' included from here

I don't observe this problem. gnulib-tool sets up a symlink that works:

$ ls -l build-aux/texinfo.tex gnulib/build-aux/texinfo.tex
lrwxrwxrwx 1 eggert eggert     31 Apr 26 23:59 build-aux/texinfo.tex -> 
../gnulib/build-aux/texinfo.tex
-rw-rw-r-- 1 eggert eggert 379274 Apr 26 23:56 gnulib/build-aux/texinfo.tex

If you still observe a problem with a fresh build from scratch, please 
investigate why gnulib-tool isn't setting up that link for you
[0001-build-update-gnulib-submodule-to-latest.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
[0002-csplit-size_t-overflow-check.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
[0003-maint-port-to-Autoconf-2.71.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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