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#68464
30.0.50; autogen.sh creating modified files in build-aux with Autoconf 2.72
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Reported by: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 06:35:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: notabug, wontfix
Found in version 30.0.50
Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
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Don't know if this is something that should be fixed.
In master,
git clean -xdf
./autogen.sh
creates a number of modified files in build-aux
git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
modified: build-aux/config.guess
modified: build-aux/config.sub
modified: build-aux/install-sh
modified: exec/config.guess
modified: exec/config.sub
modified: exec/install-sh
This is on macOS 14.2.1 (23C71), with
brew info autoconf
==> autoconf: stable 2.72 (bottled)
Automatic configure script builder
https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.72 (71 files, 3.6MB) *
Poured from bottle using the formulae.brew.sh API on 2024-01-04 at 21:35:37
brew info automake
==> automake: stable 1.16.5 (bottled)
So it looks like I got a new Autconf recently.
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tags 68464 notabug wontfix
thanks
> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 07:33:53 +0100
>
> Don't know if this is something that should be fixed.
>
> In master,
>
> git clean -xdf
> ./autogen.sh
>
> creates a number of modified files in build-aux
>
> git status
>
> On branch master
> Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
>
> Changes not staged for commit:
> (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
> (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
> modified: build-aux/config.guess
> modified: build-aux/config.sub
> modified: build-aux/install-sh
> modified: exec/config.guess
> modified: exec/config.sub
> modified: exec/install-sh
>
> This is on macOS 14.2.1 (23C71), with
>
> brew info autoconf
> ==> autoconf: stable 2.72 (bottled)
> Automatic configure script builder
> https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf
> /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.72 (71 files, 3.6MB) *
> Poured from bottle using the formulae.brew.sh API on 2024-01-04 at 21:35:37
>
> brew info automake
> ==> automake: stable 1.16.5 (bottled)
>
> So it looks like I got a new Autconf recently.
This is a known issue with Autoconf 2.71 and later, see
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-05/msg00130.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-05/msg00187.html
My only recommendation is to downgrade back to an older version of
Autoconf. I'm a happy user of 2.69.
Added tag(s) notabug and wontfix.
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Le lundi 15 janv. 2024 à 15:01, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> a écrit :
> tags 68464 notabug wontfix
> thanks
>
>> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 07:33:53 +0100
>>
>> Don't know if this is something that should be fixed.
>>
>> In master,
>>
>> git clean -xdf
>> ./autogen.sh
>>
>> creates a number of modified files in build-aux
>>
>> git status
>>
>> On branch master
>> Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
>>
>> Changes not staged for commit:
>> (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
>> (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
>> modified: build-aux/config.guess
>> modified: build-aux/config.sub
>> modified: build-aux/install-sh
>> modified: exec/config.guess
>> modified: exec/config.sub
>> modified: exec/install-sh
>>
>> This is on macOS 14.2.1 (23C71), with
>>
>> brew info autoconf
>> ==> autoconf: stable 2.72 (bottled)
>> Automatic configure script builder
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf
>> /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.72 (71 files, 3.6MB) *
>> Poured from bottle using the formulae.brew.sh API on 2024-01-04 at 21:35:37
>>
>> brew info automake
>> ==> automake: stable 1.16.5 (bottled)
>>
>> So it looks like I got a new Autconf recently.
>
> This is a known issue with Autoconf 2.71 and later, see
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-05/msg00130.html
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-05/msg00187.html
>
> My only recommendation is to downgrade back to an older version of
> Autoconf. I'm a happy user of 2.69.
>
For the two files (build-aux/config.guess, build-aux/config.sub) this is
triggered by the timestamp in those files that is older than the release
of autoconf 2.71. May you consider applying the attached patch which
fixes it (based on emacs-29) ?
It also fixes two copyright years and an typo
[0001-Fix-build-aux-config.guess-build-aux-config.sub.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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Pierre Téchoueyres <pierre.techoueyres <at> free.fr> writes:
> For the two files (build-aux/config.guess, build-aux/config.sub) this is
> triggered by the timestamp in those files that is older than the release
> of autoconf 2.71. May you consider applying the attached patch which
> fixes it (based on emacs-29) ?
>
> It also fixes two copyright years and an typo
Is that really the right thing?
I see no reason not to fix the athalon/athlon typo though.
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If you want to update config.sub and config.guess you should copy them
verbatim from the config project, not edit them randomly.
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> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Gerd Möllmann
> <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>,
> 68464 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 22:13:59 +0100
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> If you want to update config.sub and config.guess you should copy them
> verbatim from the config project, not edit them randomly.
Right. We don't maintain these files, so the changes, if they are
needed, should be submitted to their upstream.
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Le mardi 16 janv. 2024 à 05:30, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> a écrit :
>> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Gerd Möllmann
>> <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>,
>> 68464 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 22:13:59 +0100
>>
>> If you want to update config.sub and config.guess you should copy them
>> verbatim from the config project, not edit them randomly.
>
> Right. We don't maintain these files, so the changes, if they are
> needed, should be submitted to their upstream.
>
So, I've used the latest ones availables on https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/
And updated the patch consequently.
This should prevent their overwritting by autoreconf.
[0001-Update-files-changed-by-autoreconf-i-I-m4-force.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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> From: Pierre Téchoueyres <pierre.techoueyres <at> free.fr>
> Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>, gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com,
> 68464 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 21:24:37 +0100
>
> >> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
> >> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Gerd Möllmann
> >> <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>,
> >> 68464 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 22:13:59 +0100
> >>
> >> If you want to update config.sub and config.guess you should copy them
> >> verbatim from the config project, not edit them randomly.
> >
> > Right. We don't maintain these files, so the changes, if they are
> > needed, should be submitted to their upstream.
> >
>
> So, I've used the latest ones availables on https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/
> And updated the patch consequently.
>
> This should prevent their overwritting by autoreconf.
Thanks.
Paul, is this version okay to install on our master branch?
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On 2024-01-20 01:55, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Paul, is this version okay to install on our master branch?
Something was off, as that patch said the timestamps of
build-aux/config.guess and build-aux/config.sub were both 2022-09-17,
whereas the master branch said they were 2023-07-20 and 2023-07-31
respectively. I suppose this patch was generated against some other
Emacs branch?
Anyway, these two files (along with other Gnulib-derived files in the
Emacs repository) are updated automatically by admin/merge-gnulib. Today
I did such an update on the master branch, so config.guess and
config.sub are now updated to their latest versions.
I then reproduced the problem that Gerd mentioned. Gnulib's config.guess
etc. tend to be more up-to-date, and anyway the Emacs build is more
reproducible if we use the Emacs repository version of config.guess etc.
(instead of whatever version the developer's Autoconf happens to have),
so I installed the attached patch which fixed the problem for me.
Boldly closing the bug report; we can reopen it if there are still
issues here.
[0001-Fix-autogen.sh-s-spurious-git-diff-output.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> writes:
> Boldly closing the bug report; we can reopen it if there are still
> issues here.
Works perfectly here, macOS with Autoconf 2.72. Thanks, Paul!
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> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 16:51:06 -0800
> Cc: schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com,
> 68464-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Pierre Téchoueyres
> <pierre.techoueyres <at> free.fr>
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
>
> Anyway, these two files (along with other Gnulib-derived files in the
> Emacs repository) are updated automatically by admin/merge-gnulib. Today
> I did such an update on the master branch, so config.guess and
> config.sub are now updated to their latest versions.
Thanks.
> I then reproduced the problem that Gerd mentioned. Gnulib's config.guess
> etc. tend to be more up-to-date, and anyway the Emacs build is more
> reproducible if we use the Emacs repository version of config.guess etc.
> (instead of whatever version the developer's Autoconf happens to have),
> so I installed the attached patch which fixed the problem for me.
And thanks.
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