Bug 645796

Summary:	net-print/hplip-3.21.10 - This package has a configure.in file which has long been deprecated
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Francesco Turco <fturco>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Daniel Pielmeier <billie>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	printing
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://launchpad.net/bugs/1745656
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	530632
Attachments:	build.log.xz emerge --info hplip

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 gentoo-dev

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 gentoo-dev

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 gentoo-dev

2021-11-21 18:56:21 UTC

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