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Bug 255817

Summary: dev-db/pg_top: automake called by maintainer-mode
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) <flameeyes>
Component: New packagesAssignee: Cédric Krier <cedk>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: QA    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2008/06/13/maintaner-mode
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Runtime testing required: ---
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Bug Blocks: 226305    
Attachments: Build log

Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-01-21 22:23:11 UTC
Hello,

You're receiving this canned (template-based) bug report because I found a problem with a package during my tinderbox run.

The package in question is running automake (and most likely other autotools) during compile phase by maintainer-mode. You can see in my blog post in the URL field why that's a problem, and how to address the issue, but in general, you don't want maintainer-mode rebuild during compile phase, especially since it can cause multiple run of econf.

The causes of maintainer-mode rebuild are various, but most likely it's because of a patch that changes Makefile.am or configure.ac/in and don't rebuild autotools properly. The way to fix this is almost always to inherit autotools eclass and run eautomake/eautoreconf (as needed; eautoconf should only be used when automake is not involved, which is not the case here) during src_unpack phase.

Thanks,
Diego
Comment 1 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-01-21 22:23:33 UTC
Created attachment 179228 [details]
Build log
Comment 2 Cédric Krier gentoo-dev 2009-02-04 18:23:46 UTC
Fix in cvs