[Buildroot] [Bug 679] New: Autoconf cannot find M4

[Buildroot] [Bug 679] New: Autoconf cannot find M4

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=679

              Host: 586
            Target: 386
           Summary: Autoconf cannot find M4
           Product: buildroot
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: Other
        AssignedTo: unassigned at buildroot.uclibc.org
        ReportedBy: opalenzuela at gmail.com
                CC: buildroot at uclibc.org
   Estimated Hours: 0.0


There is a m4 installed in my platform (Ubuntu) with the version, while there
is one installed in the system:

checking for GNU M4 that supports accurate traces... configure: error: no
acceptable m4 could be found in $PATH.
GNU M4 1.4.6 or later is required; 1.4.13 is recommended

# m4 --version
m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.11
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.


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--- Comment #1 from Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>  2009-10-22 18:24:40 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> There is a m4 installed in my platform (Ubuntu) with the version, while there
> is one installed in the system:
> 
> checking for GNU M4 that supports accurate traces... configure: error: no
> acceptable m4 could be found in $PATH.
> GNU M4 1.4.6 or later is required; 1.4.13 is recommended
> 
> # m4 --version
> m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.11
> Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> 

Is this related to
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2009-October/029957.html or
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2009-October/029964.html?

In other words, is this autoconf for the target or for the host? In any case,
you'll need to provide more info - What is your .config, and what make target
is failing?


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Joshua Zarr <joshuazarr@gmail.com> changed:

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                 CC|                            |joshuazarr at gmail.com




--- Comment #2 from Joshua Zarr <joshuazarr@gmail.com>  2009-10-24 14:00:15 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > There is a m4 installed in my platform (Ubuntu) with the version, while there
> > is one installed in the system:
> > 
> > checking for GNU M4 that supports accurate traces... configure: error: no
> > acceptable m4 could be found in $PATH.
> > GNU M4 1.4.6 or later is required; 1.4.13 is recommended
> > 
> > # m4 --version
> > m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.11
> > Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
> > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> > 
> 
> Is this related to
> http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2009-October/029957.html or
> http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2009-October/029964.html?
> 
> In other words, is this autoconf for the target or for the host? In any case,
> you'll need to provide more info - What is your .config, and what make target
> is failing?
> 

I encountered the same bug, as also described here
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2009-October/029964.html

I modified /buildroot/package/autoconf and reverted to 2.63 (from 2.64) and the
problem was resolved.

-Joshua Zarr 


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Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>  2009-11-09 19:55:40 UTC ---
*** Bug 697 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***


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Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org> changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |ASSIGNED




--- Comment #4 from Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>  2009-12-06 19:07:23 UTC ---
There has been two commits related to this recently added to git:

9d998ad1d79ffb6f878a55c8f2ed60fe7e973f34 and
4fe7607b469716e7c27dc3ab7dca9e1a8d417934

Could you give current git a try and see if you still experience the problem?

Thanks.


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--- Comment #5 from Peter Stosz <peter.stosz@freemail.hu>  2009-12-06 20:12:02 UTC ---
Same issue with BR2009.08, working now with BR2009.11.


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--- Comment #6 from Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>  2009-12-06 20:29:20 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> Same issue with BR2009.08, working now with BR2009.11.

Please try latest git (or latest snapshot if git access is an issue) - The
latest autoconf changes are post-2009.11.


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Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org> changed:

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             Status|ASSIGNED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED




--- Comment #7 from Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>  2009-12-07 08:14:03 UTC ---
> I can CONFIRM that :
>??? A) 2009.11? is comipling/building FINE !
>??? B) Latest GIT (today 20091207) is also working .
>
> with the shell "sh -> dash"? (before this failed).

Great, closing then.


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