Bug 645796 – net-print/hplip-3.21.10 - This package has a configure.in file which has long been deprecated

• Status: CONFIRMED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Francesco Turco 2018-01-26 12:37:59 UTC]

Created attachment 516768 [details]
build.log.xz

When emerging net-print/hplip-3.17.10-r1 the following QA warning will be detected by portage:

> This package has a configure.in file which has long been deprecated.  Please
> update it to use configure.ac instead as newer versions of autotools will die
> when it finds this file.  See https://bugs.gentoo.org/426262 for details.

[Comment 1 Francesco Turco 2018-01-26 12:38:18 UTC]

Created attachment 516770 [details]
emerge --info hplip

[Comment 2 Daniel Pielmeier 2018-01-26 17:03:32 UTC]

If you want this fixed please add a new bug upstream at https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/

[Comment 3 Francesco Turco 2018-01-26 18:29:09 UTC]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1745656

[Comment 4 Daniel Pielmeier 2018-01-26 18:55:38 UTC]

Thanks! Lets see how upstream decides.

I personally do not see this as a bug. Although configure.ac is preferred configure.in is not deprecated. It is still mentioned as a valid name in the documentation [1] [2].

[1] https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.69/html_node/Making-configure-Scripts.html

[2] https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.69/html_node/Writing-Autoconf-Input.html

[Comment 5 Agostino Sarubbo 2021-11-21 18:56:21 UTC]

ci has reproduced this issue with version 3.21.10 - Updating summary.