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bug#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY" |
Date: |
Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:54:08 +0300 |
tags 62482 notabug
thanks
> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:55:14 +0000
> From: c.buhtz@posteo.jp
>
> Hello,
>
> beside I'm interested into how to solve that problem (what is IMHO
> off-topic on that list) this message main intention is a bug report to
> improve the output of a configure script.
>
> I have this two errors (?) running "configure". It is unclear what they
> are mean. Even if I look into the "configure" script the meaning is
> unclear to me.
>
> ./configure: line 5063: gl_PROG_CC_C99: command not found
> ./configure: line 5196: gl_EARLY: command not found
>
> Please improve the output of the script to make it easier to understand
> it for the users, to prevent further support questions and lower the
> workload for emacs "support channels".
>
> To reproduce:
>
> I cloned from git and switch to "emacs-29" branch. The machine is a
> Raspberry Pi4 with Debian 11 (pure Debian, not rasbian).
>
> Because the configure script is missing (bug-report exists) I checked
> the content of "configure.ac". It points out to use "autoconf" to
> generate such a script. I did.
>
> $ autoconf
> configure.ac:55: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_ECHO
> If this token and others are legitimate, please use
> m4_pattern_allow.
> See the Autoconf documentation.
> configure.ac:1777: error: possibly undefined macro: m4_default
Please read INSTALL.REPO, which tells you to run ./autogen.sh script
instead. Then such errors ought not to happen.