From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9459: 24.0.50; Condigure aborts, complains about missing install.sh in build-aux. Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:30:23 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4E679942.5000204@swipnet.se> <83fwk8715p.fsf@gnu.org> <4E67B4BC.7090704@cs.ucla.edu> <83aaag6wm9.fsf@gnu.org> <4E67BA54.7060806@cs.ucla.edu> <4E68EC81.5010603@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1315499656 4783 80.91.229.12 (8 Sep 2011 16:34:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 16:34:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9459@debbugs.gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 08 18:34:09 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 1R1hYG-0000pr-Jc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:34:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50346 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1hYF-0003p6-UC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:38:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9459) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Sep 2011 16:37:17 +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 1R1hbJ-0006e0-Bi for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:37:17 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R1hbG-0006dq-9y for 9459@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:37:16 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R1hXF-00036J-13; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:33:05 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4E68EC81.5010603@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:25:37 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAHlBMVEX5/P5OS1kQDh8GBxcs KjkMBBPv8vjQ0Nn///+Hg49OoJWhAAACQ0lEQVQ4jXXSO2/bMBAAYHaRNZaKEJdjKBeFVtJLRykE Ao0dujNAQcZbVKSib/PkamVhROW/7ZFyEqdxbtHhPvHu9CDjS8BJPpKT3L8HcPcO6Du7PQsh+I/n AL5/C8N/MG3H355+vskxN/kJhO24b4KzaTe6fd1q6If+L17v3sx4UOrT2XV/vQebELYnsHBnYyBW 73b5btzpMVu4vm1cRgjRZI8Qk3FvcrMAxdvOkIyYJzDjfsitPTSsEE6TLIEhmOgMm266wflqqTNj 9AzEaOuIvb3MnG+/aHIEnGYhOG37+8yG6zq2MnFGpjMoKdMW7on1F3U8kYDozKtGPVp4NH1TdM+Q 6YVvVdM5oEvPDixBluDDhB+PO2BTcD68gOm1wT0nWJoAnhqcbSPYAfIMvFwCcyHQbsC6sxHcJjcI N0CDZ5QNZngG7FCuIwRP6WDw7R7B475NBCgb1qX3jk9uJ+d6Sssu0Mk3NPBVmGEzOdsz30aglEEl OP4xCDA50wdfIZR1mHouOOdLshlgAny2sup8y2sYHrDMqzpCgEsICAfOr5z5+QQOwqGGUsn6QkoB 5k+CrwmKGiiV62spuJ8SiAS+vXK+lLxCoMsiAk+tynY1hUJy7MQb2qKIBLjMioULITH4VbMq8GiE Kd7R+GuZYqVoyyshEQLWhSqrGdYq7iTjuoeqijfOdSlUrEe4LeYOR5BtAoGQmov2CXjF5Qxzc/4M Mq1Xkx/ydQh5PPEGxCtYq+O6Is1OM1SMhpbpqlj8HTDYP8udhq2HOCvgAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC X-Now-Playing: Kraftwerk's _Ralf & Florian_: "Tanzmusik" X-MailScanner-ID: 1R1hXF-00036J-13 MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1316104385.14151@lkjFJbiEIVfVoCqi+P52vg X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:38:02 -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:50716 Archived-At: Paul Eggert writes: > I tried that approach, but abandoned it because it didn't work well. > If we do something like this: > > $(srcdir)/configure: $(AUTOCONF_INPUTS) > - cd ${srcdir} && autoconf > + cd ${srcdir} && autoconf || { \ > + echo 'Please run ./autogen.sh before reporting a bug.'; \ > + exit 1; \ > + } Can't you put the message in a variable (or something)? Either that, or suppress printing this particular line... > Yes, of course. But if the failure is something that autogen.sh can > repair (which was the case with Jan's problem), then invoking > autogen.sh is a win. And if it's something that autogen.sh can't > repair, then we're no worse off than before. So falling back on > autogen.sh seems to be a win overall. If the build failure is something completely irrelevant to autogen.sh (if, for instance, we're hacking the sources), then having autogen.sh run unexpectedly would be annoying. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/