***** aclocal ***** ***** PWD: /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/freeipmi-1.2.6/work/freeipmi-1.2.6 ***** aclocal -I config -I config configure.ac:25: error: 'AM_CONFIG_HEADER': this macro is obsolete. You should use the 'AC_CONFIG_HEADERS' macro instead. /usr/share/aclocal-1.13/obsolete-err.m4:12: AM_CONFIG_HEADER is expanded from... configure.ac:25: the top level autom4te-2.69: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 aclocal-1.13: error: echo failed with exit status: 1 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=467096#c2 As a workaround, setting WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.12 lets the build succeed. Reproducible: Always
Fixed in tree with sed. Patch sent upstream: https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?8043