After eight years, finally a new autoconf (See $URL). Upstream has been reluctant to release a new version because the old one works and the new one contains eight years worth of stuff that no single person remembers. Can we get the beta in Gentoo so that developers (and maybe the tinderbox) can bang on it for a while? It's in our interest to iron out the bugs before a final release.
So to stick with our versioning scheme this would become autoconf-2.70_beta. Funny how they even screw up versions :)
Another one: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2020-09/msg00006.html
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=57b99cd6e5db8ac6faa3ae005492f769a09817fc commit 57b99cd6e5db8ac6faa3ae005492f769a09817fc Author: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-10-15 15:28:28 +0000 Commit: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-10-15 15:48:08 +0000 sys-devel/autoconf: Bump to version 2.70_beta2 This is called autoconf-2.69c by upstream Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/732648 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.8, Repoman-3.0.1 Signed-off-by: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> sys-devel/autoconf/Manifest | 1 + sys-devel/autoconf/autoconf-2.70_beta2.ebuild | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=5af0adbd95bb9f7e27faedc5d261c55a6ca089c0 commit 5af0adbd95bb9f7e27faedc5d261c55a6ca089c0 Author: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-10-15 15:46:03 +0000 Commit: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-10-15 15:48:07 +0000 sys-devel/autoconf-wrapper: Bump to version 14_pre1 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/732648 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.8, Repoman-3.0.1 Signed-off-by: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> .../autoconf-wrapper-14_pre1.ebuild | 29 +++ .../autoconf-wrapper/files/ac-wrapper-14_pre1.sh | 203 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 232 insertions(+)
Both ebuilds have no KEYWORDS yet because autoconf-2.70_beta2 (a.k.a. 2.69c) is still heavily broken. Try with media-gfx/gimp or app-emulation/wine-staging for example.
(In reply to Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) from comment #4) > Both ebuilds have no KEYWORDS yet because autoconf-2.70_beta2 (a.k.a. 2.69c) > is still heavily broken. > Try with media-gfx/gimp or app-emulation/wine-staging for example. Yup, that's the point, thanks!
Created attachment 666317 [details, diff] 0001-improvements-to-AC_INIT-argument-quoting.patch This patch is taken from Zack's branch, in response to some regression reports on the mailing list. Basically it fixes quoting breakage (such as empty fields, metacharacters...) in AC_INIT. Adding it to the beta may eliminate some reports that upstream already knows about.
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=c95e99d3956c8d0f6816937107fb0cfeae12366e commit c95e99d3956c8d0f6816937107fb0cfeae12366e Author: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-10-17 19:59:58 +0000 Commit: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-10-17 20:00:30 +0000 sys-devel/autoconf: Revbump to improve AC_INIT arg quoting Thanks-to: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org> Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/732648 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.8, Repoman-3.0.1 Signed-off-by: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> ..._beta2.ebuild => autoconf-2.70_beta2-r1.ebuild} | 4 + ...oconf-2.70_beta2-AC_INIT_argument_quoting.patch | 573 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 577 insertions(+)
(I thought I posted this earlier, but bugzilla disagrees.) Update from Zack: > Thanks for doing this! > > You should apply > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/autoconf.git/commit/?id=326c9a547423d25c621bc5c0ef76edbf6eda8c92 > as well, this fixes some serious regressions when using a C++ compiler > to run tests. And you should be aware that if a configure script > crashes with an error about not finding install-sh, this actually > means you need to add config.sub and config.guess to the source tree > as well. (A patch for that one is in the works. autoreconf --install > will correct the problem for packages that use automake, but not > otherwise.) > > I'm planning to put out another beta next week because of these bugs. > (Sorry about the weird version numbering scheme, it's a very old GNU > convention.) > > zw >
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=d82245a2873adce614b27e7ac7ad3c6a5d901fbd commit d82245a2873adce614b27e7ac7ad3c6a5d901fbd Author: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-11-03 18:33:03 +0000 Commit: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-11-03 18:34:43 +0000 sys-devel/autoconf: Bump to version 2.70_beta3. Removed old This is called autoconf-2.69d by upstream Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/732648 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.9, Repoman-3.0.2 Signed-off-by: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> sys-devel/autoconf/Manifest | 2 +- .../{autoconf-2.70_beta2.ebuild => autoconf-2.70_beta3.ebuild} | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=d52505d7ed450c7292d5528602e70a9bbb64ac0b commit d52505d7ed450c7292d5528602e70a9bbb64ac0b Author: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-12-01 17:16:23 +0000 Commit: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-12-01 17:19:16 +0000 sys-devel/autoconf: Bump to version 2.70_beta3. Removed old This is called autoconf-2.69e by upstream Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/732648 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.11, Repoman-3.0.2 Signed-off-by: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> sys-devel/autoconf/Manifest | 2 +- ..._beta3-r1.ebuild => autoconf-2.70_beta4.ebuild} | 7 +- ...onf-2.70_beta3-build-aux_avoid_autoreconf.patch | 272 --------------------- ...nf-2.70_beta3-build-aux_no_transform_name.patch | 55 ----- 4 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 334 deletions(-)
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=21a9c1d04720eba190e4491ec40815de364564db commit 21a9c1d04720eba190e4491ec40815de364564db Author: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-12-09 14:07:10 +0000 Commit: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-12-09 14:17:58 +0000 sys-devel/autoconf: Bump to version 2.70. Removed old Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/732648 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.12, Repoman-3.0.2 Signed-off-by: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> sys-devel/autoconf/Manifest | 2 +- .../autoconf/{autoconf-2.70_beta4.ebuild => autoconf-2.70.ebuild} | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=6954289d5979cfefbcac62bd336ab2903a1295b8 commit 6954289d5979cfefbcac62bd336ab2903a1295b8 Author: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-12-09 14:19:39 +0000 Commit: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-12-09 14:19:39 +0000 package.mask: Masked >=sys-devel/autoconf-2.70 for testing and until broken packages have been fixed Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/732648 Signed-off-by: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=0bedc7744b5b77113a27ac257053c24999610b26 commit 0bedc7744b5b77113a27ac257053c24999610b26 Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2021-08-03 12:57:37 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-08-03 12:57:37 +0000 profiles: unmask autoconf 2.71 Let's give it another go. It was rather hard last time around to see many actual problems with 2.71 at all, and we've since fixed all remaining known ones other than some which look rather stale. We'll revisit if necessary. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/732648 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/782985 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
