From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25359: autoreconf no longer suffices Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 21:59:34 +0200 Message-ID: <83k2aaegux.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1wpeawrbj.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1483560127 23960 195.159.176.226 (4 Jan 2017 20:02:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 20:02:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 25359@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 04 21:02:00 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cOrkv-0004X0-D5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 21:01:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41264 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cOrkx-0000Uc-Pk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:01:55 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38602) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cOrjD-0007Mq-Cz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:00:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cOrj9-0006t6-0o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:00:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:54282) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cOrj8-0006t2-Tj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:00:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cOrj8-00073s-MB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:00:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 20:00:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 25359 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 25359-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B25359.148355998227083 (code B ref 25359); Wed, 04 Jan 2017 20:00:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 25359) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Jan 2017 19:59:42 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41448 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cOrio-00072l-BZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 14:59:42 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47532) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cOrim-00072Z-Li for 25359@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 14:59:41 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cOrid-0006cC-6c for 25359@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 14:59:35 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:47863) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cOrid-0006c7-3M for 25359@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 14:59:31 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3975 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cOrib-0005nW-U7; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 14:59:30 -0500 In-reply-to: <1wpeawrbj.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from Glenn Morris on Wed, 04 Jan 2017 14:36:16 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:127754 Archived-At: > From: Glenn Morris > Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 14:36:16 -0500 > > After cloning a fresh Emacs, one used to be able to do: > > autoreconf -fi -I m4 > > then configure etc. > > In current master, this no longer works: > > automake: error: cannot open < lib/../nt/gnulib.mk: No such file or directory > autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1 > > I think it is wrong to make autogen.sh compulsory in this way. Why do you think it's wrong? > (Obviously the missing file is irrelevant anyway on non MS-Windows > platforms.) Evidently, it isn't irrelevant, otherwise the error would have never happened, right?