Bug 749864

Summary:	x11-misc/rofi-1.6.1: configure.ac:10: error: AC_PROG_LEX: unrecognized argument: flex
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Toralf Förster <toralf>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Desktop Misc. Team <desktop-misc>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/pull/1250
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	732648
Attachments:	emerge-info.txt emerge-history.txt environment etc.portage.tbz2 logs.tbz2 temp.tbz2 x11-misc:rofi-1.6.0:20201018-000840.log

Description Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2020-10-18 10:00:02 UTC

checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
checking for locale.h... yes
configure: error: libnkutils: string.h is required

!!! Please attach the following file when seeking support:
!!! /var/tmp/portage/x11-misc/rofi-1.6.0/work/rofi-1.6.0/config.log

  -------------------------------------------------------------------

  This is an unstable amd64 chroot image at a tinderbox (==build bot)
  name: 17.1_desktop_gnome_systemd-libressl-20201010-201503

  -------------------------------------------------------------------

gcc-config -l:
 [1] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-7.3.1
 [2] x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-10.2.0 *
clang version 11.0.0
Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /usr/lib/llvm/11/bin
/usr/lib/llvm/11
11.0.0
Available Python interpreters, in order of preference:
  [1]   python3.7
  [2]   python3.9 (fallback)
  [3]   python3.8 (fallback)
  [4]   python2.7 (fallback)
Available Ruby profiles:
  [1]   ruby25 (with Rubygems)
  [2]   ruby26 (with Rubygems)
  [3]   ruby27 (with Rubygems) *
Available Rust versions:
  [1]   rust-bin-1.47.0 *
The following VMs are available for generation-2:
1)	IcedTea JDK 3.16.0 [icedtea-bin-8]
2)	JamVM JDK 2.0.0 [jamvm]
3)	OpenJDK 8.265_p01 [openjdk-8]
*)	AdoptOpenJDK 8.265_p01 [openjdk-bin-8]
Available Java Virtual Machines:
  [1]   icedtea-bin-8 
  [2]   jamvm 
  [3]   openjdk-8 
  [4]   openjdk-bin-8  system-vm

The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 8.8.4

  timestamp(s) of HEAD at this tinderbox image:
/var/db/repos/gentoo	Sat Oct 17 10:37:15 PM UTC 2020
/var/db/repos/libressl	Fri Oct  9 07:35:07 PM UTC 2020

emerge -qpvO x11-misc/rofi
[ebuild  N    ] x11-misc/rofi-1.6.0  USE="drun windowmode -test"

Comment 1 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2020-10-18 10:00:04 UTC

Created attachment 666437 [details]
emerge-info.txt

Comment 2 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2020-10-18 10:00:06 UTC

Created attachment 666440 [details]
emerge-history.txt

Comment 3 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2020-10-18 10:00:07 UTC

Created attachment 666443 [details]
environment

Comment 4 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2020-10-18 10:00:09 UTC

Created attachment 666446 [details]
etc.portage.tbz2

Comment 5 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2020-10-18 10:00:10 UTC

Created attachment 666449 [details]
logs.tbz2

Comment 6 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2020-10-18 10:00:11 UTC

Created attachment 666452 [details]
temp.tbz2

Comment 7 Toralf Förster gentoo-dev

2020-10-18 10:00:13 UTC

Created attachment 666455 [details]
x11-misc:rofi-1.6.0:20201018-000840.log

Comment 8 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2021-01-04 21:47:42 UTC

autoconf-2.70 final fails with a completely different error:

***** aclocal *****
***** PWD: /var/tmp/portage/x11-misc/rofi-1.6.1/work/rofi-1.6.1
***** aclocal -I subprojects/libnkutils -I subprojects/libgwater

configure.ac:10: error: AC_PROG_LEX: unrecognized argument: flex
./lib/autoconf/programs.m4:716: _AC_PROG_LEX is expanded from...
./lib/autoconf/programs.m4:709: AC_PROG_LEX is expanded from...
configure.ac:10: the top level
autom4te-2.70: error: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal-1.16: error: autom4te failed with exit status: 1


A fix has been submitted to upstream.

Comment 9 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev

2021-01-04 21:48:40 UTC

The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=7e47fbe82f079526433889b021aded8d6c1e57a2

commit 7e47fbe82f079526433889b021aded8d6c1e57a2
Author:     Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-01-04 21:48:18 +0000
Commit:     Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2021-01-04 21:48:37 +0000

    x11-misc/rofi: Fixed build with ~sys-devel/autoconf-2.70
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/749864
    Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.12, Repoman-3.0.2
    Signed-off-by: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org>

 x11-misc/rofi/files/rofi-1.6.1-autoconf-2.70.patch | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 x11-misc/rofi/rofi-1.6.1.ebuild                    | 12 +++++----
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)