Emerging www-client/firefox-9.0 fails when running eautoreconf at the end of the src_prepare() step. The failure occurred on both ~amd64-linux and ~x86-linux. Reproducible: Always Actual Results: * Done with patching * Running eautoreconf in '/storage/strogdon/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-9.0/work/mozilla-release' ... * Running autoconf -I /storage/strogdon/gentoo/usr/share/aclocal -I /storage/strogdon/gentoo/usr/share/aclocal -I /storage/strogdon/gentoo/usr/share/aclocal ... [ !! ] * Failed Running autoconf ! * * Include in your bugreport the contents of: * * /storage/strogdon/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-9.0/temp/autoconf.out * ERROR: www-client/firefox-9.0 failed (prepare phase): * Failed Running autoconf ! * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 85: Called call-ebuildshell 'src_prepare' * environment, line 1521: Called src_prepare * environment, line 6887: Called eautoreconf * environment, line 1997: Called eautoconf * environment, line 1933: Called autotools_run_tool '--at-m4flags' 'autoconf' * environment, line 1437: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "Failed Running $1 !"; * * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info =www-client/firefox-9.0', * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =www-client/firefox-9.0'. * The complete build log is located at '/storage/strogdon/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-9.0/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/storage/strogdon/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-9.0/temp/environment'. * S: '/storage/strogdon/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-9.0/work/mozilla-release' emerge --info =www-client/firefox-9.0 Portage 2.2.01.20048-prefix (prefix/linux/x86, gcc-4.5.3, unavailable, 2.6.32-5-686 i686) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.32-5-686-i686-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Quad_CPU_Q9300_@_2.50GHz-with-debian-6.0.3 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:41:41 +0000 ccache version 3.1.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p10 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.2-r3::sage-on-gentoo dev-util/ccache: 3.1.4 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.6-r4 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.22 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.6-r1, 4.5.3-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.5-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r4 sys-devel/make: 3.82 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.1 Repositories: gentoo_prefix local-overlay sage-on-gentoo sage-on-prefix my-gentoo-sage sage-flask Installed sets: ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86-linux" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1 Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/portage /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/storage/strogdon/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs ccache collision-protect distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles force-prefix news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sfperms splitdebug strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/storage/strogdon/gentoo/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/storage/strogdon/gentoo/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--delete-after --timeout=500" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/storage/strogdon/gentoo/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/storage/strogdon/gentoo/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/storage/strogdon/gentoo/usr/local/portage /storage/strogdon/gentoo/usr/local/portage/sage-on-gentoo /storage/strogdon/gentoo/usr/local/portage/sage-on-prefix /storage/strogdon/gentoo/usr/local/portage/my-gentoo-sage /storage/strogdon/gentoo/usr/local/portage/sage-flask" SYNC="rsync://rsync.prefix.freens.org/gentoo-portage-prefix" USE="berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cxx dri fortran gdbm iconv ipv6 modules mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openmp pcre pppd prefix readline session ssl sysfs tcpd unicode x86 xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga neomagic nouveau nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa via vmware dummy v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS --- Contents of autoconf.out: ***** autoconf ***** ***** PWD: /storage/strogdon/gentoo/var/tmp/portage/www-client/firefox-9.0/work/mozilla-release ***** autoconf -I /storage/strogdon/gentoo/usr/share/aclocal -I /storage/strogdon/gentoo/usr/share/aclocal -I /storage/strogdon/gentoo/usr/share/aclocal Usage: autoconf [-h] [--help] [-m dir] [--macrodir=dir] [-l dir] [--localdir=dir] [--version] [template-file]
Odd, I've been watching Gentoo Linux bugs for this issue but haven't seen it pop up.
@mozilla team, any ideas? 9.0.1 fails the same way (after renaming the ebuild and excluding the 5009_revert_bug_708572.patch patch)
(In reply to comment #2) > @mozilla team, any ideas? 9.0.1 fails the same way (after renaming the ebuild > and excluding the 5009_revert_bug_708572.patch patch) 9.0 is 9.0.1, I would be interested in seeing the autoconf.out.
(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #2) > > @mozilla team, any ideas? 9.0.1 fails the same way (after renaming the ebuild > > and excluding the 5009_revert_bug_708572.patch patch) > > 9.0 is 9.0.1, I would be interested in seeing the autoconf.out. err strike that I overlooked it in first post, appears to be autoconf is not supporting -I on prefix, the question remains as to why tho.
It is autoconf-2.13's fault. % autoconf-2.13 -I Usage: autoconf [-h] [--help] [-m dir] [--macrodir=dir] [-l dir] [--localdir=dir] [--version] [template-file] (Not Gentoo Prefix specific though, above command fails on Gentoo Linux too)
Well, I was able to get firefox-9.0 to build on Gentoo Linux in spite of autoconf-2.13
Maybe this could be interesting: $ eix -Ice sys-devel/autoconf [I] sys-devel/autoconf (2.13(2.1)@11/21/11 2.68(2.5)@01/02/12): Used to create autoconfiguration files 2.1 and 2.5 are installed in slots. $ type -pa autoconf /home/mburcher/gentoo/usr/bin/autoconf /usr/bin/autoconf $ ls -al $(type -p autoconf) lrwxrwxrwx 1 mburcher os_int 25 Jan 2 13:23 /home/mburcher/gentoo/usr/bin/autoconf -> ../lib/misc/ac-wrapper.sh Maybe the wrapper does something else if Jeremy (darkside) expects 2.13 here: $ autoconf --version |grep autoconf autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.68 Actually the script does what old shaken Mandrake created it for: $ grep defaults $(type -p autoconf) # - defaults to newest version available (hopefully autoconf-2.60)
(In reply to comment #7) > Maybe this could be interesting: Sorry, that isn't interesting. The wrapper just calls autoconf-2.13 IF WANT_AUTOCONF=2.1 is in the env. As you can guess, that variable is set in the ebuild. Try it out for yourself: % WANT_AUTOCONF=2.1 autoconf --version Autoconf version 2.13
I last build firefox-8.0 on 11:09:31 AM 12/05/2011 and now it fails too with the same error. hmm, what changed here?
(In reply to comment #9) > I last build firefox-8.0 on 11:09:31 AM 12/05/2011 and now it fails too with > the same error. hmm, what changed here? You're right. I never thought to do that! I wonder if it is the autotools eclass. The timestamp I have on it is 12/15.
(In reply to comment #10) > (In reply to comment #9) > > I last build firefox-8.0 on 11:09:31 AM 12/05/2011 and now it fails too with > > the same error. hmm, what changed here? > > You're right. I never thought to do that! I wonder if it is the autotools > eclass. The timestamp I have on it is 12/15. Nice hint. I have confirmed that locally rolling back the autotools.eclass solves this. Now I will try to bisect it to find the hunk that cuases issues. Sorry mozilla team for bugging you ;)
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-907778.html describes a workaround, dropping --at-m4flags
A little experimenting here reveals that if I insert unset AT_SYS_M4DIR before eautoreconf in the src_prepare() of the ebuild(s) then the issue is resolved. I suppose the variable may be needed to insure that in prefix the host aclocal stuff isn't used. But is it's use broken in prefix? Or is there something more subtle going on?
autoconf stuff I don't understand. grobian, can you sync autoutils.eclass then I will try again. Pending failure, I'll get vapier involved.
vapier changed the way the -I arguments are passed to aclocal. He disliked the original approach in Prefix, and instead did it through a variable. We set that variable in the Prefix' profiles, see profiles/prefix/profile.bashrc. I think the Profile might be sourced multiple times, hence the repetitive equal -I flags in the aclocal call. I think we should write some conditional to make it idempotent in some way. Quick fix here: This whole -I stuff is there because of cross-prefix installs. Now in latest Portages this is definitely broken, so the append is currently not necessary. Unfortunately from the profiles we cannot detect that we're in cross-prefix (secret BPREFIX is gone) so we can't conditionalise on that. However, we could just comment it out for now, for as long as cross-prefix doesn't work anyway. That would not resolve this bug, but likely postpone the need for fixing it for a (long) while.
(In reply to comment #15) > However, we could > just comment it out for now, for as long as cross-prefix doesn't work anyway. > That would not resolve this bug, but likely postpone the need for fixing it for > a (long) while. Ok then. I'm interested in moving on and not stalling because of hypothetical feature. + 20 Jan 2012; Jeremy Olexa <darkside@gentoo.org> profile.bashrc: + comment out the AT_SYS_M4DIR stuff because it breaks packages (bug 397563)
