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#8342: 24.0.50; Emacs HEAD cannot build with OS X standard autoconf Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:36:24 -0400 Message-ID: <19852.57512.633439.321151@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <9AB28351-B84F-406E-9D0D-5F2ED8D3498E@sanityinc.com> <4D8CA613.60008@swipnet.se> <2CD841DA-60CC-4D5E-84F1-B93856A18188@sanityinc.com> <05B4B076-5031-4E0F-9DBE-08A72E9E1235@sanityinc.com> <19852.56802.807219.528249@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1301078238 6458 80.91.229.12 (25 Mar 2011 18:37:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:37:18 +0000 (UTC) To: 8342@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 25 19:37:14 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3Bso-0004Kl-Dm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:37:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60056 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q3Bsn-0001J5-S8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:37:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=34015 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q3Bsi-0001Iv-Id for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:37:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3Bsh-0006cc-FR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:37:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48489) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3Bsh-0006cV-E3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:37:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3Bsb-000291-Rr; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:37:01 -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: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:37:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8342 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8342-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8342.13010781948210 (code B ref 8342); Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:37:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8342) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Mar 2011 18:36:34 +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 1Q3Bs8-00028N-Vq for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:36:33 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3Bs6-000289-TN for 8342@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:36:31 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53308) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q3Bs0-0002tU-Rb; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:36:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: X-Attribution: GM X-Mailer: VM (www.wonderworks.com/vm), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs) X-Hue: blue X-Ran: |>c2soTcRL}bV9kN\aCmM#ZUkpjdOdp$~mXY;(B$]xIjZ3bxz%EY:U=iNDAn^H8%*ge/"[ X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:37:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:45360 Archived-At: (I think the following off-list stuff is worth having in the bug report). Steve Purcell wrote (on Fri, 25 Mar 2011 at 18:26 +0000): > On 25 Mar 2011, at 18:24, Glenn Morris wrote: > > > Steve Purcell wrote (on Fri, 25 Mar 2011 at 18:18 +0000): > > > >> Dependencies can be specified, but autoconf won't get into Homebrew > >> because Homebrew aims to avoid providing packages that Apple already > >> provide, presumably in the interest of avoiding compatibility > >> issues. That goal seems to be surprisingly possible, and there are > >> around 1500 packages right now that don't require a newer autoconf > >> than Apple's. > > > > How many of the 1500 have you actually checked, and how many of those > > offer the option to build from the repository as opposed to the last > > stable release? > > I haven't checked, but many recipes support the --head build option. > > > Because the first one I looked at, GNU coreutils (Apple don't provide > > coreutils?) did not even seem to offer the option to build from the > > repo, and when I look at the repo, they do not include configure, and > > require autoconf 2.62. > > > That recipe would not, then, support the --head option.