bug#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY"

bug#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY"

[c.buhtz]

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

Two errors are there. I don't understand. But a "./configure" was 
created. So I tried.

$ ./configure
checking for xcrun... no
checking for GNU Make... make
checking build system type... aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
./configure: line 5063: gl_PROG_CC_C99: command not found
checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
./configure: line 5196: gl_EARLY: command not found
checking whether gcc accepts -g3 -O2... yes
checking whether the compiler is clang... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
./configure: line 5555: syntax error near unexpected token `-Wno-switch'
./configure: line 5555: `     gl_WARN_ADD(-Wno-switch)'

bug#62482: Acknowledgement (Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY")

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bug#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY"

[Andreas Schwab]

Please read INSTALL.REPO.

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bug#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY"

[Gregory Heytings]

>
> 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
>

Do you see these errors if you use "./autogen.sh", as explained in the 
INSTALL.REPO file?

bug#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY"

[Eli Zaretskii]

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.

bug#62482: Acknowledgement (Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY")

[Jean Louis]

* GNU bug Tracking System <help-debbugs@gnu.org> [2023-03-27 17:35]:
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> If you wish to submit further information on this problem, please
> send it to 62482@debbugs.gnu.org.

I do not understand why am I receiving the confirmation of bug report
I have not filed.

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bug#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY"

[Stefan Kangas]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> tags 62482 notabug
> thanks
[...]
>
> Please read INSTALL.REPO, which tells you to run ./autogen.sh script
> instead.  Then such errors ought not to happen.

I'm therefore closing this bug report.

bug#62482: closed (Re: bug#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY")

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Your bug report

#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY"

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 62482-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY"
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2023 03:37:38 -0700
Message-ID: <CADwFkmn1sn9DCXFoRJ9BYtYgUr5jhUumjoJYtHTFQ8MggPLfow@mail.gmail.com>

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> tags 62482 notabug
> thanks
[...]
>
> Please read INSTALL.REPO, which tells you to run ./autogen.sh script
> instead.  Then such errors ought not to happen.

I'm therefore closing this bug report.


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From: c.buhtz@posteo.jp
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY"
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:55:14 +0000
Message-ID: <a965dd44a1889318c1d4def51b8a0e35@posteo.de>

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

Two errors are there. I don't understand. But a "./configure" was 
created. So I tried.

$ ./configure
checking for xcrun... no
checking for GNU Make... make
checking build system type... aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
./configure: line 5063: gl_PROG_CC_C99: command not found
checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
./configure: line 5196: gl_EARLY: command not found
checking whether gcc accepts -g3 -O2... yes
checking whether the compiler is clang... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
./configure: line 5555: syntax error near unexpected token `-Wno-switch'
./configure: line 5555: `     gl_WARN_ADD(-Wno-switch)'