GNU bug report logs - #75605
aclocal: error: too many loops

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Santiago Vila <sanvila <at> debian.org>

Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:58:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Merged with 77395

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From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: sanvila <at> debian.org, 75605 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#75605: aclocal: error: too many loops
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 16:44:24 -0600
Hi Santiago - back on:

    aclocal: error: too many loops
    aclocal: Please contact <bug-automake <at> gnu.org>.
      at /usr/share/automake-1.16/Automake/Channels.pm line 655.

I still don't know how to improve the error message, but in response to
the same bug report with another package (#77395), I found that in the
past, the error was related to older macros in the package tree
overwriting newer macros found elsewhere, or redefining Autoconf
macros. If you want to pursue it, you might read through
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=49901, which sounds likely
to be the same problem, with some fixes and references.

I'm going to try to merge your report into 77395 since they appear to be
the same issue. --thanks, karl.




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