Emerge of vim-core fails with the following error. It fails the same way on two machines, that are configured quite differently (see emerge info below). make: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/vim-core-6.2-r7/work/vim62/src' if test ! -f configure.save; then mv configure configure.save; fi autoconf autoconf: Undefined macros: make: *** [autoconf] Error 1 make: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/vim-core-6.2-r7/work/vim62/src' Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Machine 1: Portage 2.0.50-r8 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.5-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2100+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://128.213.5.34/gentoo/ http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X alsa apm arts avi berkdb cdr crypt cups encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmap mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl static svga tcpd tiff truetype usb x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib" Machine 2: Portage 2.0.50-r8 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.26) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.26 i686 Pentium Pro Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo ftp://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://gentoo.ccccom.com http://gentoo.ccccom.com" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Sorry, entered the bug in the wrong place, trying to move...
I can't reproduce this using the same autoconf version. Could you please try vim-core 6.3 (you'll need to use vim/gvim 6.3 with this) and see whether the bug still occurs?
Same thing on both systems running "ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 e =vim-6.3": * Done with patching >>> Source unpacked. make: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/vim-core-6.3/work/vim63/src' if test ! -f configure.save; then mv configure configure.save; fi autoconf autoconf: Undefined macros: make: *** [autoconf] Error 1 make: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/vim-core-6.3/work/vim63/src' !!! ERROR: app-editors/vim-core-6.3 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 193, Exitcode 2 !!! make autoconf failed
Oops forgot to expand the alias -- just to avoid confision 'e' is an alias for 'emerge -v' on my system.
There is probably something specific to my setup. Although, the two systems were installed independently from scratch about two months apart and are fairly different configuration-wise (one is a server, the other is a desktop, and as such have quite different sets of packages). When I installed the first system (the one with 2.4 kernel), I was able to install vim-6.2-r7 (and that is what is currently installed there). I was never able to install vim on the second system (2.6 kernel), any version not even vim-6.2-r7 version. At that time I tried re-emerging vim-6.2-r7 on the 2.4 system, and it failed with the same error -- my conclusion is it is not vim but rather some other package (portage, autoconf, etc.) that is the cause for the problem. Ket me know how I can help, I do not know autoconf, but guess it is never too late to learn it :)
Random shot in the dark: what happens if you emerge vim --nodeps? You'll probably need to install all of vim's deps except vim-core first. Also, I assume you've tried reemerging autoconf?
yes, tried reemerging autoconf, tried it again now too, same problem (autoconf emerges OK). The result of emerge vim --nodeps: * Done with patching >>> Source unpacked. make: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/vim-6.2-r8/work/vim62/src' if test ! -f configure.save; then mv configure configure.save; fi autoconf autoconf: Undefined macros: make: *** [autoconf] Error 1 make: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/vim-6.2-r8/work/vim62/src' !!! ERROR: app-editors/vim-6.2-r8 failed. !!! Function src_compile, Line 193, Exitcode 2 !!! make autoconf failed
Anton, looks like we need more output from autoconf to determine what is happening in your setup. Could you please do the following? 1. mv /usr/bin/autoconf /usr/bin/autoconf.real 2. create a new file /usr/bin/autoconf with the following lines #!/bin/bash exec $0.real --verbose "$@" 3. chmod +x /usr/bin/autoconf 4. try emerging vim again and see if there is any helpful output. If the output is long, please create an attachment instead of pasting it inline. Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience.
Suggestion did not work because of: my $binary = "$0-2.13"; my $binary_new = "$0-2.59"; which made it call autoconf.real-2.13, which does not exist. But, I was able to install vim. The problem is, it wants autoconf 2.5. Setting "export WANT_AUTOCONF='2.5'" does not work, because something before autoconf resets this environment variable back to 2.1 (the following print statement added to the start of autoconf prints 2.1: print "Autoconf: $ENV{WANT_AUTOCONF}\n";) I am not able to determine where WANT_AUTOCONF is reset ot 2.1, help appreciated.
It's set in eclass/vim.eclass:192: # autoconf-2.13 needed for this package -- bug 35319 WANT_AUTOCONF_2_1=yes WANT_AUTOCONF=2.1 \ make -C src $confrule || die "make $confrule failed" Looks like we're getting somewhere here...
OK, so what do we do with this? Autoconf 2.1 definitely doesn't work for me, but works for you, right? Why? As I mentioned, once I forced autoconf 2.5 by overriding the variable in autoconf, I was able to emerge vim--on my systems it works with 2.5. Is the bug 35319 obsolete now, maybe vim ebuid should be switched to 2.5.
I'm trying to get every arch's stable tree up to a recent enough level that I can remove older ebuilds and change this in the eclass. ppc64: please try to get >=app-editors/vim-core-6.2-r9 stable if possible. amd64: ditto for >=app-editors/gvim-6.2-r9
6.3 stable on amd64
vim-6.3 stable on ppc64 now, removing them from the Cc: list and cleaning out old ebuilds...
The eclass now uses autoconf 2.5 instead of 2.1. Should hopefully be fixed, please reopen if not. Cheers.
