Possibly related to dh_autoreconf:

Since autoconf 2.71 has entered the archive, it often complains about outdated macros, asking for 'autoupdate' to be run. Example:

dh binary --builddirectory=build/
   dh_update_autotools_config -O--builddirectory=build/
   dh_autoreconf -O--builddirectory=build/
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, 'build-aux'.
libtoolize: copying file 'build-aux/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
configure.ac:42: warning: The macro `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete.
configure.ac:42: You should run autoupdate.
m4/libtool.m4:100: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
configure.ac:42: the top level
configure.ac:48: warning: The macro `AC_PROG_CC_C99' is obsolete.
configure.ac:48: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/c.m4:1659: AC_PROG_CC_C99 is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:1899: XORG_COMPILER_BRAND is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:2018: XORG_COMPILER_FLAGS is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:2190: XORG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS is expanded from...
configure.ac:48: the top level
configure.ac:52: warning: The macro `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete.
configure.ac:52: You should run autoupdate.
m4/libtool.m4:100: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
configure.ac:52: the top level

Running 'autoupdate' indeed makes autoconf stop complaining, but it also results in dpkg forcing us to create a patch against autoconf.ac, which is IMHO the wrong approach.

Unless I'm mistaken, this is a case similar to updating config.guess and config.sub, so there should be a way to tell dh_autoreconf to run 'autoupdate' without making dkpg complain.

Martin-Éric

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Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

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Versions of packages debhelper depends on:
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Versions of packages debhelper suggests:
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The dh-autoreconf tool is maintained in a separate package; re-assigning.

Best regards,
Niels

Martin-Éric Racine:

Fair enough.

Could the dh-autoreconf maintainer acknowledge this bug and tell us
his intentions?

Martin-Éric

Greetings,

Has there been any progress on this?

Martin-Éric


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Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
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ii  automake           1:1.16.5-1.3
ii  autopoint          0.22.5-1
ii  debhelper          13.16
ii  libdebhelper-perl  13.16
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If we want to do this for the next debhelper compat level,
we need to figure out when to call autoupdate, and possibly
also need a switch to disable it.

It's not clear to me that this is something we should always
be running, maybe it is?

I'm not particularly concerned about this issue, after all,
you can easily run autoupdate yourself anyway using something
like:

    override_dh_autoreconf:
        dh_autoreconf debian/rules autoreconf

    autoreconf:
        autoupdate -f
        autoreconf -f -i

ma 8. heinäk. 2024 klo 15.30 Julian Andres Klode (jak@debian.org) kirjoitti:

Why would this necessitate a new compat level?

I think it is. There's a lot of code that upstream ships with outdated macros.

Last time I tried something similar, dpkg barfed and asked me to create a patch.

Martin-Éric

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