On 2023-05-06 19:15 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > Source: ncurses > Version: 6.4-3 > Severity: important > Tags: ftbfs > > On at least three architectures (hurd-i386, powerpc and x32) ncurses > FTBFS with the following error: > > ,---- > | dh_autoreconf autoreconf-dickey -- -f -i > | aclocal: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not > 'configure.in' > | configure.in:910: warning: macro 'AM_LANGINFO_CODESET' not found in library > | configure.in:941: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_LANGINFO_CODESET > | mv: cannot move '/tmp/aruX6IKF/ahKAGeTw/config.hin' to > 'include/ncurses_cfg.hin': No such file or directory > | touch: cannot touch 'include/stamp-h.in': No such file or directory > | dh_autoreconf: error: autoreconf-dickey -f -i returned exit code 1 > `---- > > Compare with a successful build on amd64: > > ,---- > | dh_autoreconf autoreconf-dickey -- -f -i > | aclocal: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not > 'configure.in' > | configure.in:910: warning: macro 'AM_LANGINFO_CODESET' not found in library > | configure.in:941: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_LANGINFO_CODESET > | mv: cannot move '/tmp/ardz33hA/ahzccjnH/config.hin' to > 'include/ncurses_cfg.hin': No such file or directory > | touch: cannot touch 'include/stamp-h.in': No such file or directory > | touch config.guess-stamp > `---- > > This raises at least two questions: > > - Why does dh_autoreconf error out on some architectures, but not on > others? > > - Why is AM_LANGINFO_CODESET not found, despite being defined in > aclocal.m4? > > Needs to be investigated, at the moment I have no clue. :-(
With the -v option, autoreconf-dickey gives some useful hints: ,---- | autoreconf-dickey -f -i -v | autoreconf-dickey: using autoconf 2.52.20230114: /usr/bin//autoconf-dickey | autoreconf-dickey: using autoheader 2.52.20230114: /usr/bin//autoheader-dickey | autoreconf-dickey: using automake 1.16.5: automake | autoreconf-dickey: using aclocal 1.16.5: aclocal | autoreconf-dickey: running aclocal --verbose --output=./aclocal.m4 in .pc/fix-configure-root-args-option.diff | aclocal: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in' | aclocal: found macro AC_PATH_XTRA in configure.in: 45 `---- So autoreconf-dickey picks up the backup of configure.in below the .pc/ directory and runs aclocal. As there is no aclocal.m4 in that directory, the above warning and error about AM_LANGINFO_CODESET ensue, answering the second question. That still leaves the first one open, though. Sven
