From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9354: wishing to build, ./configure runs eternally Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:18:44 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4E5C6C10.9090305@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1314688747 22489 80.91.229.12 (30 Aug 2011 07:19:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:19:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu To: 9354@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 30 09:19:00 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QyIb6-00015c-IM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:19:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49236 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QyIb5-0001GT-Si for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:18:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:36535) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QyIb3-0001Dx-E2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:18:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QyIb2-0006cD-Kx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:18:57 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58271) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QyIb2-0006c9-JX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:18:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QyIe2-0006xy-0c; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:22:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:22:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9354 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9354-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9354.131468891626766 (code B ref 9354); Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:22:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9354) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Aug 2011 07:21:56 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QyIdv-0006xe-Vd for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:21:56 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QyIds-0006xX-WA for 9354@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:21:54 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52822) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QyIaq-0004G1-TP; Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:18:45 -0400 X-Spook: Rand Corporation terrorism CBNRC clones Commecen bemd ICE X-Ran: by_ql{R`wJUu7lnE-Qi=z,~(`\{,;#%\g}R*Sz#LUy[e!"17lKPliWkP X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <4E5C6C10.9090305@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:50:24 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:22:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:50424 Archived-At: Paul Eggert wrote: > I can't reproduce the problem on the trunk, when I build 'configure' > with Autoconf 2.68 (the current Autoconf version). FWIW, it seems to be that in the trunk, configure.in calls AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, which calls AM_SANITY_CHECK, which checks the system clock. So it looks like an automake thing, not an autoconf one, so the version of autoconf probably doesn't matter for this issue.