Re: Failure to boostrap bison from git repository

[Stefano Lattarini]

Hi Joel, thanks for your answer.

On Monday 30 May 2011, Joel E wrote:
> On Wed, 18 May 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> 
> > I'm consistently failing at bootstrapping Bison from the official git
> > repository.
> 
> >  autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
> >  configure.ac:110: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_GNU_M4
> >       If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
> >       See the Autoconf documentation.
> >  autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
> 
> Sorry for the late reply.  Have you managed to fix this problem yet?
>
No.

> If not, what version of m4 are you using?
>

I've tried with two sets of versions of the tools:

 [SYSTEM TOOLS, installed from *.deb packages on Debian unstable]

  $ m4 --version
  m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.14
  Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
  Written by Rene' Seindal.

  $ autoconf --version
  autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.67
  Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
  <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
  Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

  $ dpkg -l m4 autoconf
  ii  autoconf  2.67-2     automatic configure script builder
  ii  m4        1.4.14-3   a macro processing language

 [CUSTOM TOOLS, installed from development versions of autoconf and m4]

  $ m4 --version
  m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.16.5-0933
  Packaged by Bleeding Edge Support (v1.4.16-5-g0933338)
  Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
  Written by Rene' Seindal.

  $ autoconf --version
  autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.68.68-2105
  Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
  <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
  Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.


Let me know if you need more information.

Thanks,
  Stefano