Bug 784680 – [guru] sys-fs/gfs2-utils-3.4.1 uses automake in maintainer-mode

• Status: CONFIRMED
• Product: GURU

[Description Agostino Sarubbo 2021-04-21 06:47:12 UTC]

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2020/07/04/gentoo-tinderbox/

Issue: sys-fs/gfs2-utils-3.3.0 uses automake in maintainer-mode.
Discovered on: amd64 (internal ref: guru_tinderbox)

[Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo 2021-04-21 06:47:14 UTC]

Created attachment 701436 [details]
build.log

build log and emerge --info

[Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo 2021-04-22 17:05:58 UTC]

Changing the Assignee as per https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/74ee632e9fe2f4c12890524fec132205

[Comment 3 Agostino Sarubbo 2021-04-25 14:04:48 UTC]

Changing TRACKER as requested by QA.

[Comment 4 Agostino Sarubbo 2021-10-12 15:30:02 UTC]

guru_tinderbox has reproduced this issue with version 3.4.1 - Updating summary.

[Comment 5 Fat-Zer 2024-11-15 00:32:49 UTC]

I can't reproduce this neither in 3.4.1 nor in newly added 3.5.1. The ebuild already calls `eautoreconf`, so as far as I understand this QA shouldn't fire. 

Any pointers on how to reproduce/fix this one?

[Comment 6 Takuya Wakazono 2024-11-15 01:51:03 UTC]

It's detecting this line: https://pagure.io/gfs2-utils/blob/b52677874d0e9fe4d311bd0ce430299e7ddc4c3c/f/tests/Makefile.am#_72
Still exists in 3.5.1.

[Comment 7 Fat-Zer 2024-11-15 02:42:17 UTC]

(In reply to Takuya Wakazono from comment #6)
> It's detecting this line:
> https://pagure.io/gfs2-utils/blob/b52677874d0e9fe4d311bd0ce430299e7ddc4c3c/f/
> tests/Makefile.am#_72
> Still exists in 3.5.1.

Ok, I have no idea if it is a correct behaviour or what should we do instead.

Note: In ::gentoo (likely) to mitigate the same issue sys-apps/kbd and net-firewall/firewalld has next lines:
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# Testsuite's Makefile.am calls missing(!)
# ... but this seems to be consistent with the autoconf docs?
# Needs more investigation: https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.67/html_node/autom4te-Invocation.html
QA_AM_MAINTAINER_MODE=".*--run autom4te --language=autotest.*"
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All in all, I don't understand it, so I won't touch it...