bug#13117: Build problem with AM_PROG_AR

bug#13117: Build problem with AM_PROG_AR

[Sjoerd van Leent Privé]

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Hi All,

Due to some versioning conflict, I get a build error with AM_PROG_AR. It 
appears when using m4_pattern_allow or m4_ifdef makes it possible to get 
the job done nonetheless.

The commit sha1 I have been building is: 
8f63b9b670899c9a1a6e017e8979614a9b4b649b

The relevant autotools versions are:

automake (GNU automake) 1.11.1
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.68

The problem reported on the console is:

configure.ac:67: warning: macro `AM_PROG_AR' not found in library
autoreconf: configure.ac: AM_GNU_GETTEXT is used, but not 
AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION
configure.ac:67: warning: macro `AM_PROG_AR' not found in library
configure.ac:67: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_AR
       If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
       See the Autoconf documentation.

The problem about AM_GNU_GETTEXT is not breaking. A bit neatness here 
perhaps wanted?

My patch to fight the main problem is attached.



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From b0d68c0c9cf6126f0793519724cb891ed1d65d6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sjoerd van Leent <svanleent@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 20:30:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Configure.ac adapted for AM_PROG_AR problem

---
 configure.ac |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index be20b8c..c7f6d56 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ AC_PROG_CPP
 AC_PROG_SED
 AC_PROG_AWK
 AC_PROG_LN_S
-AM_PROG_AR
+m4_pattern_allow([AM_PROG_AR], [AM_PROG_AR])
 
 dnl Gnulib.
 gl_INIT
-- 
1.7.5.4

bug#13117: Build problem with AM_PROG_AR

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Sjoerd,

Sjoerd van Leent Privé <svanleent@gmail.com> skribis:

> Due to some versioning conflict, I get a build error with
> AM_PROG_AR.

‘AM_PROG_AR’ was introduced in Automake 1.11.2, released one year ago:

  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/tree/NEWS#n878

I’ve bumped the Automake requirement in ‘configure.ac’ to match that.

Can you check whether your problem vanishes with Automake 1.11.2 or
later?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

bug#13117: Build problem with AM_PROG_AR

[Ludovic Courtès]

This issue was solved (off-list) by an Automake upgrade.
Closing the bug.

Ludo’.