automake-1.9 internal error

[Kim Højgaard-Hansen]

in reply to:

Hello Rui,

Thanks for the bug report.

* Rui Reis wrote on Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 07:53:14PM CEST:
> I'm getting an error while building a piece a software and I think
> it's an automake bug. Trace here: 
> 
> +++ Mon Jul  3 18:11:07 WEST 2006
> ===>  Building for nepenthes-0.1.8

> && /bin/sh 
> /usr/ports/mystuff/nepenthes/w-nepenthes-0.1.8/nepenthes-0.1.8/missing
> --run automake-1.9 --foreign  nepenthes-core/src/Makefile Use of
> uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/local/bin/automake-1.9 line
> 4673, <GEN0> line 1. Use of uninitialized value in exists
> at /usr/local/bin/automake-1.9 line 4675, <GEN0> line 1. Use of
> uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string
> at /usr/local/bin/automake-1.9 line 4675, <GEN0> line 1. 
> automake-1.9: #################### 
> automake-1.9: ## Internal Error ## 
> automake-1.9: #################### 
> automake-1.9: unrequested trace `' 
> automake-1.9: Please contact <address@hidden>.
>  at /usr/local/share/automake-1.9/Automake/Channels.pm line 562
>       Automake::Channels::msg('automake', '', 'unrequested trace `
> \'') called at /usr/local/share/automake-1.9/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm
> line 191 Automake::ChannelDefs::prog_error('unrequested trace `\'')
> called at /usr/local/bin/automake-1.9 line 4675
> Automake::scan_autoconf_traces('configure.ac') called
> at /usr/local/bin/automake-1.9 line 4877 Automake::scan_autoconf_files
> () called at /usr/local/bin/automake-1.9 line 7493 *** Error code 1

I think more information is necessary in order to analyze and fix this.
First, which exact automake version is this (there are several 1.9.x
releases)?  automake --version can answer this.

Second, it would be very helpful to have a small example Makefile.am
or example package that helps to reproduce this bug.

Which system is this on, by the way?

Cheers,
Ralf

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I have the same problem with another package though...

The output is as follows:
config.status: config.h is unchanged
make  all-recursive
Making all in .
 cd . && /bin/sh /home/kimhh/temp/beecrypt-4.1.2/missing --run
automake-1.9 --gnu
Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/local/bin/automake-1.9
line 4673, <GEN0> line 1.
Use of uninitialized value in exists at /usr/local/bin/automake-1.9 line
4675, <GEN0> line 1.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/local/bin/automake-1.9 line 4675, <GEN0> line 1.
automake-1.9: ####################
automake-1.9: ## Internal Error ##
automake-1.9: ####################
automake-1.9: unrequested trace `'
automake-1.9: Please contact <address@hidden>.
 at /usr/local/share/automake-1.9/Automake/Channels.pm line 562
        Automake::Channels::msg('automake', '', 'unrequested trace `\'')
called at /usr/local/share/automake-1.9/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm line 191
        Automake::ChannelDefs::prog_error('unrequested trace `\'')
called at /usr/local/bin/automake-1.9 line 4675
        Automake::scan_autoconf_traces('configure.ac') called at
/usr/local/bin/automake-1.9 line 4877
        Automake::scan_autoconf_files() called at
/usr/local/bin/automake-1.9 line 7493
WARNING: `automake-1.9' is needed, and you do not seem to have it handy
on your
         system.  You might have modified some files without having the
         proper tools for further handling them.  Check the `README' file,
         it often tells you about the needed prerequirements for installing
         this package.  You may also peek at any GNU archive site, in case
         some other package would contain this missing `automake-1.9'
program.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /home/kimhh/temp/beecrypt-4.1.2 (line 335 of Makefile).
*** Error code 1

I will try and supply the extra info needed then :)

The --version of automake gives me:

automake-1.9 --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6
Written by Tom Tromey <address@hidden>.

Copyright 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE

The package is latest beecrypt grabbed from sf.net (beecrypt-4.1.2)

The system is OpenBSD-3.8 stable

Hope this helps...

/Kim