> On 30 Aug 2022, at 22:53, Paul Eggert wrote:
>
> On 8/29/22 21:35, Khem Raj wrote:
>> Compilers defaulting to C99 flag such functions as warning which fails
>> to compile when using -Werror
>
> As mentioned earlier, projects should not use -Werror when configuring, for
> several reasons (th
> On 13 Nov 2022, at 05:11, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>
> On Sat, Nov 12, 2022, at 4:33 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2022, at 4:31 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
>>> Because of the concerns raised in this thread it's become clear that
>>> what's in Autoconf now is too drastic, and I've propos
> On 30 Dec 2022, at 22:12, Paul Eggert wrote:
>
> On 12/28/22 20:02, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>
>> Please revert that part of your follow-up patch.
> OK, I reverted all that patch, except for the further changes you requested,
> plus some minor quoting and version-number fixes in comments.
>
>>
> On 20 Jan 2023, at 09:56, Paul Eggert wrote:
>
> On 2022-12-30 14:12, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> I'm attaching a proposed patch to Autoconf master documentation in two forms.
> Zack, any further thoughts on that Autoconf patch? If not, I'm inclined to
> install it as it doesn't change behavior, o
> On 2 Feb 2023, at 23:17, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>
> Due to a series of crises with my day job, the earliest I can promise to do
> _anything_ Autoconf related is early March. If you have time to make a
> release before then, please do not wait for me.
>
Sorry to hear Zack, hope you're doing
> On 3 Feb 2023, at 07:43, Frederic Berat wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm also in favor of an RC release, I can then rebuild Fedora packages using
> the tarball from the tester list and do some kind of A/B testing.
>
Paul, would you be willing to try this? I don't think much work should be
needed (f
Sam James writes:
> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
>
>
>> On 3 Feb 2023, at 07:43, Frederic Berat wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm also in favor of an RC release, I can then rebuild Fedora packages using
>> the tarball from the tester list and do
Jim Meyering writes:
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 7:52 PM Paul Eggert wrote:
>> On 3/17/23 19:08, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> > Can someone see if there's some small/safe set of changes that are
>> > essential?
>> > If none (or few/easy), I might have time to make a snapshot soon.
>>
>> As far as I kn
Noticed when building Emacs:
```
* checking type of array argument to getgroups... ./configure: 42782: test: =:
unexpected operator
```
This turns out to be because of missing quotes in AS_IF for ac_cv_type_gid_t
in AC_TYPE_GETGROUPS.
* lib/autoconf/types.m4 (AC_TYPE_GETGROUPS): Use quotes in AS
Nick Bowler writes:
> On 2024-02-06 22:33, Sam James wrote:
>> Noticed when building Emacs:
>> ```
>> * checking type of array argument to getgroups... ./configure: 42782: test:
>> =: unexpected operator
>> ```
>> This turns out to be because of missing
Paul Eggert writes:
> On 2/6/24 20:37, Nick Bowler wrote:
>> On 2024-02-06 22:33, Sam James wrote:
>>> Noticed when building Emacs:
>>> ```
>>> * checking type of array argument to getgroups... ./configure: 42782: test:
>>> =: unexpected operator
&
"Zack Weinberg" writes:
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2025, at 4:52 AM, Harmen Stoppels via Patches for autoconf -
> the GNU build system wrote:
>> The shell comment `# Blame Lee E. McMahon (1931-1989) for sed's
>> syntax. :-)` is redistributed in all release tarballs of all autotools
>> packages since 2001
Sam James writes:
> GCC requires `ar` and `ranlib` to have plugin support when using LTO. While
> the situation has improved as many distributions install the GCC plugin
> to a location that GNU Binutils can automatically find, this isn't required
> and isn't done by def
Paul Eggert writes:
> On 2025-05-15 08:41, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>> Is there
>> a situation where gcc-{ar,ranlib} are available on the PATH but
>> *should not* be used in preference to plain {ar,ranlib}?
>
> Yes, use gcc-ar only when compiling with GCC. If you're compiling with
> Clang you should
GCC requires `ar` and `ranlib` to have plugin support when using LTO. While
the situation has improved as many distributions install the GCC plugin
to a location that GNU Binutils can automatically find, this isn't required
and isn't done by default.
By searching for `gcc-ar` and `gcc-ranlib` firs
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