From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY" Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:54:08 +0300 Message-ID: <835yam9u67.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="16686"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: 62482@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 27 15:55:17 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pgnJd-00042U-0D for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:55:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pgnJS-0003uh-0o; Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:55:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pgnJP-0003sg-6u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:55:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pgnJO-0006NU-C5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:55:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pgnJN-0000Ub-VB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:55:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:55:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 62482 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-Cc: 62482@debbugs.gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.16799252511804 (code B ref -1); Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:55:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Mar 2023 13:54:11 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46911 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pgnIY-0000T1-2a for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:54:11 -0400 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:36616) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pgnIU-0000Sq-TX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:54:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pgnIU-0003bU-69 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:54:06 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pgnIT-0005M5-I8; Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:54:05 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=2golPs0tNPm1ABy0SHKE91IqAs6n0ucAWyuIFpdW5Sc=; b=d1vMeCPkhkfc mNMCWg1PT6CQI6vgEDM8tTd42J701yTIKS6vP+5k6DejdXPhAlJy99JMNbGp8ZOXE54T6bqNehnY2 9F6uxlRWeDBR3G1KWnZggffLx+BE09CgdrNnQO7tcjq8Y2UU6qYtTaw7sCQ72KmtBWS/+YnIJPidg Sefq1d4EqUuljH5Ql3DQ9KTafz2l1TCTyTWAH2BdrG4jXqow9fez1ktO7oz/ANRr0mOimXum7pDK/ v8kNgTuOTo4iQxZLW9pAOQCSZk8L/7FOOYwgOOzQAZu+eAXnOQasYwijkbce7zmuNN0KPt9Cpoli8 6mQZHrw4h1MnQDPWQCooEw==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pgnIS-0005Ic-Uw; Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:54:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: (c.buhtz@posteo.jp) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:258733 Archived-At: tags 62482 notabug thanks > Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:55:14 +0000 > From: c.buhtz@posteo.jp > > Hello, > > beside I'm interested into how to solve that problem (what is IMHO > off-topic on that list) this message main intention is a bug report to > improve the output of a configure script. > > I have this two errors (?) running "configure". It is unclear what they > are mean. Even if I look into the "configure" script the meaning is > unclear to me. > > ./configure: line 5063: gl_PROG_CC_C99: command not found > ./configure: line 5196: gl_EARLY: command not found > > Please improve the output of the script to make it easier to understand > it for the users, to prevent further support questions and lower the > workload for emacs "support channels". > > To reproduce: > > I cloned from git and switch to "emacs-29" branch. The machine is a > Raspberry Pi4 with Debian 11 (pure Debian, not rasbian). > > Because the configure script is missing (bug-report exists) I checked > the content of "configure.ac". It points out to use "autoconf" to > generate such a script. I did. > > $ autoconf > configure.ac:55: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_ECHO > If this token and others are legitimate, please use > m4_pattern_allow. > See the Autoconf documentation. > configure.ac:1777: error: possibly undefined macro: m4_default Please read INSTALL.REPO, which tells you to run ./autogen.sh script instead. Then such errors ought not to happen.