Re: Running bootstrap script fails on Debian unstable

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz]

Hi Glenn!

On Mon, 2023-02-20 at 11:34 -0600, Glenn Washburn wrote:
> Does the 2.06 release build with the new autoconf? It looks like sid is
> using 2.06, I don't see any special patches for configure.ac, and I
> presume that the sid grub binary is built with the new autoconf. If
> this all is true, then I'd guess some of the recent configure.ac
> changes may have something to do with it.

Very good point. I checked out grub-2.06 to verify that theory, but it actually
shows the same problem:

autoreconf: export WARNINGS=
autoreconf: Entering directory '.'
autoreconf: running: true --force
autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 --force -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Intltool
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gtkdoc
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --include=m4 --force
configure.ac:54: warning: The macro `AC_CONFIG_HEADER' is obsolete.
configure.ac:54: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/status.m4:719: AC_CONFIG_HEADER is expanded from...
configure.ac:54: the top level
configure.ac:336: warning: AC_PROG_LEX without either yywrap or noyywrap is 
obsolete
./lib/autoconf/programs.m4:716: _AC_PROG_LEX is expanded from...
./lib/autoconf/programs.m4:709: AC_PROG_LEX is expanded from...
configure.ac:336: the top level
configure.ac:361: warning: The macro `AC_GNU_SOURCE' is obsolete.
configure.ac:361: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/specific.m4:312: AC_GNU_SOURCE is expanded from...
m4/gnulib-comp.m4:34: gl_EARLY is expanded from...
configure.ac:361: the top level
configure.ac:361: warning: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE was called before 
AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
./lib/autoconf/specific.m4:312: AC_GNU_SOURCE is expanded from...
m4/gnulib-comp.m4:34: gl_EARLY is expanded from...
configure.ac:361: the top level
configure.ac:361: warning: The macro `AC_HELP_STRING' is obsolete.
configure.ac:361: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:204: AC_HELP_STRING is expanded from...
m4/threadlib.m4:38: gl_THREADLIB_EARLY_BODY is expanded from...
m4/threadlib.m4:31: gl_THREADLIB_EARLY is expanded from...
m4/gnulib-comp.m4:34: gl_EARLY is expanded from...
configure.ac:361: the top level
configure.ac:372: warning: The macro `AC_GNU_SOURCE' is obsolete.
configure.ac:372: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/specific.m4:312: AC_GNU_SOURCE is expanded from...
configure.ac:372: the top level
configure.ac:423: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_HEADERS
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:514: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LINK_IFELSE
configure.ac:1608: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LANG_CALL
autoreconf: error: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
./bootstrap: autoreconf failed

Adrian

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