dev-libs/icu-76.1-r1 fails to build if autoconf-2.72 is not already installed. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install dev-build/autoconf-2.71 2. emerge dev-libs/icu-76.1-r1 Actual Results: The emerge fails with the following aclocal.out: ***** aclocal ***** ***** PWD: /var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/icu-76.1-r1/work/icu/source ***** aclocal --system-acdir=/var/tmp/portage/dev-libs/icu-76.1-r1/temp/aclocal configure.ac:11: error: Autoconf version 2.72 or higher is required configure.ac:11: the top level autom4te-2.71: error: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 63 aclocal-1.16: error: autom4te failed with exit status: 63 Expected Results: Emerge schedules dev-build/autoconf-2.72 to be installed before dev-libs/icu-76.1-r1
The _LATEST_AUTOCONF variable in autotools.eclass needs an update.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=e914e98d160c0fe6945bb576f59c3fd427e8028c commit e914e98d160c0fe6945bb576f59c3fd427e8028c Author: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2025-01-17 18:57:02 +0000 Commit: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2025-02-17 21:52:20 +0000 autotools.eclass: simplify WANT_AUTOCONF logic Update WANT_AUTOMAKE atoms to match. Drop 2.71 from _LATEST_AUTOCONF since 2.72 is stable. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/948125 Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> eclass/autotools.eclass | 21 ++++----------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
