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Bug 901965

Summary: sci-mathematics/octave-8.1.0: readline detection fails
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Daniel Pouzzner <douzzer>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Gentoo Science Mathematics related packages <sci-mathematics>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: arsen, sam
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: config.log
build.log
emerge -epv =sci-mathematics/octave-8.1.0
emerge --info

Description Daniel Pouzzner 2023-03-17 17:05:05 UTC
octave-8.1.0 adds new autotools readline sensing, based on the added m4/readline.m4, with a related update in m4/acinclude.m4, changing ad hoc libreadline setup to gl_FUNC_READLINE.

Behavior on octave-7.3.0-r2.ebuild:

  checking for rl_set_keyboard_input_timeout in -lreadline... yes

Behavior on octave-8.1.0.ebuild:

  checking for readline... no
  checking for readline/readline.h... yes
  checking for readline/history.h... yes
  [...]
  checking for readline... (cached) no
  checking for readline/readline.h... (cached) yes
  checking for readline/history.h... (cached) yes
  configure: WARNING: I need GNU Readline 4.2 or later
  configure: error: this is fatal unless you specify --disable-readline


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge --ask --oneshot =sci-mathematics/octave-8.1.0
2.
3.
Actual Results:  
 * ERROR: sci-mathematics/octave-8.1.0::gentoo failed (configure phase):


Expected Results:  
>>> Completed (1 of 1) sci-mathematics/octave-8.1.0::gentoo


 * Found these USE flags for sci-mathematics/octave-8.1.0:
 U I
 + + X           : Add support for X11
 + - curl        : Add support for client-side URL transfer library
 - - doc         : Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package
                   instead of globally
 + - fftw        : Use FFTW library for computing Fourier transforms
 - - fltk        : Use x11-libs/fltk as the backend for the OpenGL renderer in the absence of the Qt GUI
 + - glpk        : Add support for sci-mathematics/glpk for linear programming
 + - gnuplot     : Use sci-visualization/gnuplot to render plots if OpenGL is unavailable
 + + gui         : Enable support for a graphical user interface
 + - hdf5        : Add support for the Hierarchical Data Format v5
 + - imagemagick : Use media-gfx/graphicsmagick to read and write images
 - - java        : Add support for Java
 - - json        : Allow using jsonencode and jsondecode commands via dev-libs/rapidjson
 + + opengl      : Add support for OpenGL (3D graphics)
 - - portaudio   : Add support for the crossplatform portaudio audio API
 + - postscript  : Enable support for the PostScript language (often with ghostscript-gpl or libspectre)
 + - qhull       : Add support for media-libs/qhull, to allow `delaunay', `convhull', and related functions
 + - qrupdate    : Add support for sci-libs/qrupdatefor QR and Cholesky update functions
 + + readline    : Enable support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that almost everyone wants
 + - sndfile     : Add support for libsndfile
 + - sparse      : Add enhanced support for sparse matrix algebra with SuiteSparse
 + + ssl         : Add support for SSL/TLS connections (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security)
 - - sundials    : Enable the ode15i and ode15s ODE solvers using sci-libs/sundials
 + + zlib        : Add support for zlib (de)compression

[IP-] [  ] sys-apps/portage-3.0.45.2:0
[IP-] [  ] sys-libs/glibc-2.37-r1:2.2
[IP-] [  ] sys-libs/readline-8.2_p1:0/8
[IP-] [  ] sys-devel/autoconf-2.71-r5:2.71
[IP-] [  ] sys-devel/automake-1.16.5:1.16
[IP-] [  ] app-shells/bash-5.2_p15-r2:0
[IP-] [  ] sys-devel/m4-1.4.19-r1:0
[IP-] [  ] dev-lang/python-3.10.10_p3:3.10
Comment 1 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2023-03-17 17:13:15 UTC
Can you include the full build.log & config.log please?
Comment 2 Daniel Pouzzner 2023-03-17 17:20:15 UTC
Created attachment 858115 [details]
config.log

config.log, xz-compressed (uncompressed size 1186896 bytes)
Comment 3 Daniel Pouzzner 2023-03-17 17:39:25 UTC
Created attachment 858117 [details]
build.log
Comment 4 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2023-03-17 17:57:54 UTC
configure:74420: checking for readline
configure:74454: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -o conftest -O2 -pipe -march=native -pthread -fopenmp  -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed conftest.c -lpthread -lm  /usr/lib64/libreadline.a >&5
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(terminal.o): warning: relocation against `UP' in read-only section `.text'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(display.o): in function `_rl_move_cursor_relative':
display.c:(.text+0xef3): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(display.o): in function `_rl_move_vert':
display.c:(.text+0x176c): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(display.o): in function `rl_clear_visible_line':
display.c:(.text+0x17cd): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(display.o): in function `update_line':
display.c:(.text+0x3d2f): undefined reference to `tgoto'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: display.c:(.text+0x3d43): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: display.c:(.text+0x3e6f): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: display.c:(.text+0x42da): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: display.c:(.text+0x4418): undefined reference to `tgoto'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: display.c:(.text+0x442a): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: display.c:(.text+0x48d8): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: display.c:(.text+0x4938): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(display.o): in function `_rl_clear_screen':
display.c:(.text+0x6adc): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(display.o): in function `_rl_update_final':
display.c:(.text+0x6c5f): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(display.o):display.c:(.text+0x6dbc): more undefined references to `tputs' follow
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(terminal.o): in function `_rl_get_screen_size':
terminal.c:(.text+0x22e): undefined reference to `tgetnum'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: terminal.c:(.text+0x277): undefined reference to `tgetnum'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(terminal.o): in function `_rl_backspace':
terminal.c:(.text+0x5fb): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(terminal.o): in function `rl_ding':
terminal.c:(.text+0x6c1): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(terminal.o): in function `_rl_init_terminal_io':
terminal.c:(.text+0xb64): undefined reference to `BC'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: terminal.c:(.text+0xb71): undefined reference to `PC'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: terminal.c:(.text+0xb79): undefined reference to `UP'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: terminal.c:(.text+0xc29): undefined reference to `tgetent'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: terminal.c:(.text+0xc77): undefined reference to `tgetstr'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: terminal.c:(.text+0xca0): undefined reference to `PC'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: terminal.c:(.text+0xcb6): undefined reference to `BC'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: terminal.c:(.text+0xcc4): undefined reference to `UP'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: terminal.c:(.text+0xcd6): undefined reference to `tgetflag'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: terminal.c:(.text+0xd2b): undefined reference to `tgetflag'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: terminal.c:(.text+0xed2): undefined reference to `tgetflag'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(terminal.o): in function `_rl_enable_meta_key':
terminal.c:(.text+0x10c7): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(terminal.o): in function `_rl_disable_meta_key':
terminal.c:(.text+0x1129): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(terminal.o): in function `_rl_cr':
terminal.c:(.text+0x674): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(terminal.o): in function `_rl_standout_on':
terminal.c:(.text+0x733): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(terminal.o): in function `_rl_standout_off':
terminal.c:(.text+0x773): undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /usr/lib64/libreadline.a(terminal.o):terminal.c:(.text+0x1043): more undefined references to `tputs' follow
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: warning: creating DT_TEXTREL in a PIE
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:74454: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
Comment 5 Daniel Pouzzner 2023-03-17 18:11:23 UTC
The octave-7.3.0 m4/acinclude.m4 logic around readline has this:

  if test $USE_READLINE = yes; then
    dnl RHEL 5 and older systems require termlib set before enabling readline
    AC_REQUIRE([OCTAVE_CHECK_LIB_TERMLIB])
    ac_octave_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
    LIBS="$TERM_LIBS"
    AC_CHECK_LIB([readline], [rl_set_keyboard_input_timeout],
      [READLINE_LIBS="-lreadline"
      AC_DEFINE(USE_READLINE, 1, [Define to 1 to use the readline library.])
      ],
      [AC_MSG_WARN([I need GNU Readline 4.2 or later])
      AC_MSG_ERROR([this is fatal unless you specify --disable-readline])
    ])
    LIBS="$ac_octave_save_LIBS"
  fi


Looks like the termlib kludge was rescuing the readline detection.  Although, I see similar logic in the new m4/readline.m4.

How does one inhibit use of libreadline.a?  Why do you think that's happening?

The libreadline.so* artifacts are certainly installed:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     18 Nov 24 09:26 /lib64/libreadline.so.8 -> libreadline.so.8.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 403736 Nov 24 09:26 /lib64/libreadline.so.8.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 663384 Nov 24 09:26 /usr/lib64/libreadline.a
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    531 Nov 24 09:26 /usr/lib64/libreadline.so


Local readline use flags:
 * Found these USE flags for sys-libs/readline-8.2_p1:
 U I
 - - abi_x86_32  : 32-bit (x86) libraries
 + + static-libs : Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well
 - - utils       : Install rlfe (ReadLine Front-End) helper tool -- a wrapper program for making any stdin
                   use readline
 + + verify-sig  : Verify upstream signatures on distfiles
Comment 6 Daniel Pouzzner 2023-03-17 18:28:38 UTC
Note, readline is linked on my system dynamically in octave-7.3.0, which is no surprise given that the ad hoc logic in acinclude.m4 just sets READLINE_LIBS=-lreadline:

$ ldd /usr/bin/octave-cli
[...]
        libreadline.so.8 => /lib64/libreadline.so.8 (0x00007f53f92d8000)


Maybe relevant: sci-mathematics/octave/files/octave-4.2.2-ncurses-pkgconfig.patch is included in octave-7.3.0-r2.ebuild but omitted in octave-8.1.0.ebuild.


termcap/ncurses/readline looks to be a hotspot both upstream and in the port, so it's not surprising that it's brittle.
Comment 7 Arsen Arsenović gentoo-dev 2023-03-17 21:02:36 UTC
FWIW, I can't replicate this.

~ $ emerge -1vp sci-mathematics/octave sys-libs/readline
[ebuild   R    ] sci-mathematics/octave-8.1.0:0/8.1.0::gentoo  USE="X curl fftw glpk gnuplot gui opengl qhull qrupdate readline sparse ssl zlib -doc -fltk -hdf5 -imagemagick -java -json -portaudio -postscript -sndfile -sundials" 0 KiB
[ebuild   R    ]  sys-libs/readline-8.2_p1:0/8::gentoo  USE="static-libs (unicode) (-split-usr) -utils -verify-sig" ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)" 0 KiB

Could you post emerge -epv octave?  I'm curious if there could be any other flags at play.
Comment 8 Daniel Pouzzner 2023-03-17 21:07:05 UTC
Created attachment 858135 [details]
emerge -epv =sci-mathematics/octave-8.1.0
Comment 9 Arsen Arsenović gentoo-dev 2023-03-17 22:50:51 UTC
hmm, interesting.

what about: find /usr -name libreadline'*' -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l

please also post emerge --info, just in case.

(to elaborate on what I'm doing: I'm currently trying to see why AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY thinks the shared library doesn't exist)
Comment 10 Daniel Pouzzner 2023-03-17 22:55:53 UTC
(added /lib64)

$ find /lib64/ /usr -name libreadline'*' -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     18 Nov 24 09:26 /lib64/libreadline.so.8 -> libreadline.so.8.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 403736 Nov 24 09:26 /lib64/libreadline.so.8.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 663384 Nov 24 09:26 /usr/lib64/libreadline.a
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    531 Nov 24 09:26 /usr/lib64/libreadline.so
$ cat /usr/lib64/libreadline.so
/* GNU ld script
   Since Gentoo has critical dynamic libraries in /lib, and the static versions
   in /usr/lib, we need to have a "fake" dynamic lib in /usr/lib, otherwise we
   run into linking problems.  This "fake" dynamic lib is a linker script that
   redirects the linker to the real lib.  And yes, this works in the cross-
   compiling scenario as the sysroot-ed linker will prepend the real path.

   See bug https://bugs.gentoo.org/4411 for more info.
 */
OUTPUT_FORMAT ( elf64-x86-64 )
GROUP ( /lib64/libreadline.so.8 )
Comment 11 Daniel Pouzzner 2023-03-17 22:57:21 UTC
Created attachment 858139 [details]
emerge --info
Comment 12 Arsen Arsenović gentoo-dev 2023-03-18 13:35:58 UTC
curious - I see nothing out of the ordinary.  the script should be checking for libdir/libreadline.so.  what happens if you run configure with -C outside of portage?  so that you can inspect/post the config.cache file (if it even makes one).  I'd consider also running it under strace with -P on each one of those libreadline matches to see what it tries to probe (you'll need -f since shell scripts are fork heavy).  so, something like:

  strace -o foo.strace -fqqqe s=USR1 -P /usr/lib/libreadline.so -P /usr/lib/libreadline.so.8 -P /usr/lib/libreadline.so.8.2 -P /usr/lib/libreadline.a -P /usr/lib64/libreadline.so.8 -P /usr/lib64/libreadline.so -P /usr/lib64/libreadline.so.8.2 -P /usr/lib64/libreadline.a ./configure -C

I'd be interested in any stat/access calls that touch readlines.

could you try what happens if you have readline[-static-libs]?
Comment 13 Daniel Pouzzner 2023-03-18 18:27:55 UTC
No need for a deep dive into syscall tracing and whatnot.  If I just

  mv /usr/lib64/libreadline.a /usr/lib64/libreadline.a.hold

then

  ebuild /usr/portage/sci-mathematics/octave/octave-8.1.0.ebuild configure

is happy.  Move libreadline.a back and configure is back to failing on the readline test compile.


I've included at the end the full configure that portage issues in the workdir.

My central finding around it is that with  --prefix=/usr  , configure does this and fails:


configure:74420: checking for readline
configure:74454: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -pthread -fopenmp   conftest.c -lpthread -lm  /usr/lib64/libreadline.a >&5


but without it, it does this and succeeds:


configure:74420: checking for readline
configure:74454: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -pthread -fopenmp   conftest.c -lpthread -lm  -lreadline >&5


Evidently this is an unexpected interaction, because  --prefix  designates the installation directory.  But there is extensive reference to $prefix in the setup code for the readline compilation test.

Without  --prefix=/usr  , prefix is defaulting to /usr/local, and since there is no /usr/local/lib*/libreadline.a on the system, configure falls through to the correct -lreadline.


See if ebuild is issuing configure with the same args for you:


./configure --prefix=/usr --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --datarootdir=/usr/share --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-silent-rules --disable-static --docdir=/usr/share/doc/octave-8.1.0 --htmldir=/usr/share/doc/octave-8.1.0/html --with-sysroot=/ '--localstatedir=/var/state/octave' '--with-blas=-lblas ' '--with-lapack=-llapack ' '--disable-64' '--enable-shared' '--with-z' '--with-bz2' '--disable-docs' '--disable-java' '--disable-rapidjson' '--enable-readline' '--with-curl' '--with-fftw3' '--with-fftw3f' '--enable-fftw-threads' '--with-glpk' '--with-hdf5' '--with-magick=GraphicsMagick++' '--with-opengl' '--without-fltk' '--with-openssl' '--without-portaudio' '--with-qhull_r' '--with-qrupdate' '--with-qt=5' '--with-sndfile' '--with-arpack' '--with-umfpack' '--with-colamd' '--with-ccolamd' '--with-cholmod' '--with-cxsparse' '--without-sundials_ida' '--with-x'
Comment 14 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2023-03-18 18:29:01 UTC
(Moving doesn't prove too much as the lookup order is also interesting.)
Comment 15 Daniel Pouzzner 2023-03-18 19:32:02 UTC
By instrumenting the generated configure script, I was able to determine that LIBREADLINE is getting its undesired .a value from here:

./m4/lib-link.m4 L 467:

              if test "X$found_a" != "X"; then
                dnl Linking with a static library.
                LIB[]NAME="${LIB[]NAME}${LIB[]NAME:+ }$found_a"
              else
                dnl We shouldn't come here, but anyway it's good to have a
                dnl fallback.
                LIB[]NAME="${LIB[]NAME}${LIB[]NAME:+ }-L$found_dir -l$name"
              fi

which is bundled in the octave distfile:

  $ tar -tvvf /var/cache/distfiles/octave-8.1.0.tar.xz | fgrep lib-link.m4
  -rw-r--r-- 0/0           35723 2023-03-06 23:34 octave-8.1.0/m4/lib-link.m4

but the file is nothing unique/unusual -- it's identical to the /usr/share/aclocal/lib-link.m4 owned by sys-devel/gettext.


lib-link.m4 is 814 lines of arcane shell scripting just to pick which library to use.  Seems like a good example of autotools hell.

That said, I was able to tease out of it a fix that confirms my earlier diagnosis:

  --without-libreadline-prefix

fixes the problem, satisfying the readline link dep with -lreadline.

I have no theory for how this bug could be missing on another host with /usr/lib64/libreadline.a installed, and same configure args as I show above (including --prefix=/usr).
Comment 16 Arsen Arsenović gentoo-dev 2023-03-18 19:39:05 UTC
Ah, nice work.

I never liked the -prefix mechanism.  Hopefully I'll be able to influence folk to allow using pkg-config as a first resort, at least if required.

In essence, the -prefix stuff exists to handle (IMO broken) setups in which programs are installed with various different $prefix values.  This is useless in our case.

In such a setup, the compiler can't be trusted to find the right libdirs, hence reimplementing that algorithm in shell.

We can just add the --without-*-prefix flags for all possible libraries in octave here instead (there's already precedent for this too, many packages do this).

Thanks again, excellent work.
Comment 17 Arsen Arsenović gentoo-dev 2023-03-18 19:40:04 UTC
(BTW, lib-link.m4 comes from Gnulib, not Gettext, Gettext just happens to also install it.  This and other files like it are part of why it's normally wrong to autoreconf directly)
Comment 18 Daniel Pouzzner 2023-03-18 19:41:18 UTC
>lib-link.m4 comes from Gnulib, not Gettext

I didn't know where it came from, but I knew it didn't come from gettext :-)
Comment 19 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2023-05-26 09:35:28 UTC
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=7b562e163273acc15b4490f029e08a637a57c764

commit 7b562e163273acc15b4490f029e08a637a57c764
Author:     Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-05-26 09:35:07 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2023-05-26 09:35:17 +0000

    sci-mathematics/octave: add 8.2.0
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/907183
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/901965
    Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>

 sci-mathematics/octave/Manifest            |   1 +
 sci-mathematics/octave/octave-8.2.0.ebuild | 241 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 242 insertions(+)