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Build problem with AM_PROG_AR

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From: Sjoerd van Leent Privé <svanleent <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guile <at> gnu.org
Subject: Build problem with AM_PROG_AR
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:31:32 +0100

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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.

[0001-Configure.ac-adapted-for-AM_PROG_AR-problem.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

Message #8 received at 13117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Sjoerd van Leent Privé <svanleent <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 13117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13117: Build problem with AM_PROG_AR
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:29:18 +0100

Hi Sjoerd,

Sjoerd van Leent Privé <svanleent <at> 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’.

Message #13 received at 13117-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Sjoerd van Leent Privé <svanleent <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 13117-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13117: Build problem with AM_PROG_AR
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:09:07 +0100

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

Ludo’.

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