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FS#10391 - autoconf-2.62-1 breaks some PKGBUILD

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Loic Nageleisen (lloeki) - Sunday, 11 May 2008, 17:46 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Monday, 12 May 2008, 10:12 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
since autoconf 2.62 update, some packages fail to build, with errors like:

configure.ac:1975: error: AC_SUBST: `libdir exec_prefix prefix' is not a valid shell variable name

solution:
- reverting to 2.61
or
- adding the attached patch into the PKGBUILD

affected packages from ABS that I have encountered:
- xorg-server
- wine
   autoconf262compat.patch (0.3 KiB)
This task depends upon

Closed by  Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Monday, 12 May 2008, 10:12 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Monday, 12 May 2008, 10:12 GMT
usually running "autoreconf" does the trick in the PKGBUILD just before the configure. many sources have to be fixed for new autoconf. but this is a task for upstrem developers. autoconf works well in the wanted way upstream devs have it wanted.

nothing to fix for us.

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