(forw) Bug#402727: config.status generates directories with '$(top_srcdir)' in them

[Eric Dorland]

A debian user reported this bug. I'm not certain if this a bug in
automake or autoconf, but I would like your thoughts on it. Thanks.

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Eric Dorland <address@hidden>
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> Bug#402727: config.status generates directories with '$(top_srcdir)' in them
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> Date: 
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> Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:11:50 +0800
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> Package: automake
> Version: 1:1.10+nogfdl-1
> Severity: normal
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> Hello,
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> Thanks for packaging automake.
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> In some of my Makefile.am I have entries like this:
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> tut_test_SOURCES = \
>         tests/aliases.cc \
>         tests/error.cc \
>         tests/fast.cc \
>         tests/file.cc \
>         tests/rawmsg.cc \
>         tests/record.cc \
>         tests/var.cc \
>         tests/vartable.cc \
>         $(top_srcdir)/extra/test-utils-core.cc \
>         $(top_srcdir)/extra/tut-main.cc
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> if I just run ./configure, then running config.status creates
> directories like these:
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>         dballe/bench/$(top_srcdir)
>         dballe/bufrex/$(top_srcdir)
>         dballe/core/$(top_srcdir)
>         dballe/db/$(top_srcdir)
>         dballe/msg/$(top_srcdir)
>         fortran/$(top_srcdir)
>         tools/$(top_srcdir)
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> I traced this to this piece of code in the generated config.status:
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>   for file in `sed -n "
>     s/^$am__include $am__quote\(.*(DEPDIR).*\)$am__quote"'$/\1/p' <"$mf" | \
>        sed -e 's/\$(DEPDIR)/'"$DEPDIR"'/g' -e 's/\$U/'"$U"'/g'`; do
>     # Make sure the directory exists.
>     [...]
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> The possible values of files are obtained by grepping include lines from
> generated 'Makefile's.  Here's a sample of what I have:
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>         include $(top_srcdir)/extra/$(DEPDIR)/test-utils-core.Po
>         include $(top_srcdir)/extra/$(DEPDIR)/tut-main.Po
>         include ./$(DEPDIR)/aliases.Plo
>         include ./$(DEPDIR)/conv.Plo
>         include ./$(DEPDIR)/csv.Plo
>         include ./$(DEPDIR)/error.Plo
>         include ./$(DEPDIR)/file.Plo
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> Therefore, config.status picks up that '$(top_srcdir)/extra/' prefix and
> ensures that it exists, without expanding $(top_srcdir).
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> I'll now rewrite my Makefile.am files differently, however this looks
> like an automake (or autoconf?) bug, so I'm reporting it.
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> Ciao,
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> Enrico
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> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 4.0
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686
> Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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> Versions of packages automake depends on:
> ii  autoconf                      2.61-2     automatic configure script builder
> ii  autotools-dev                 20060920.1 Update infrastructure for config.{
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> automake recommends no packages.
>
> -- no debconf information
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> --- End Message ---

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