Hi, This is a request for information. The question is waaaay down at the bottom. Sorry.
The only .m4 file I explicitly choose to install is autoopts.m4 for use by autoopts clients to check for proper version and installation. Gary wrote the thing years ago and it hasn't been touched since. In this bug report: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Bug 347095] sys-devel/autogen installs colliding \ > m4 macros which break random packages > > To comment on this bug, please visit: > > Clear-Text: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347095 > Secure: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347095 In this comment: > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347095#c29 there is a complaint about stuff installed to /usr/share/aclocal: > these files are fine as they're "autogen" namespaced and such: > /usr/share/autogen/autoopts.m4 > /usr/share/aclocal/ag_macros.m4 > /usr/share/aclocal/autoopts.m4 > > these dont seem terribly useful, but maybe Bruce knows more: > /usr/share/aclocal/liboptschk.m4 > /usr/share/aclocal/snprintfv.m4 > > these files make no sense ... they're coming from gnulib (which should never > be > installed) or libopts (which is a package all by itself) or colliding with > standard autoconf macros: > /usr/share/aclocal/unlocked-io.m4 > /usr/share/aclocal/extensions.m4 > /usr/share/aclocal/libopts.m4 The patch that allows Gentoo to build is: > --- autogen-5.11.1/config/extensions.m4 2010/12/05 19:19:47 1.1 > +++ autogen-5.11.1/config/extensions.m4 2010/12/05 19:21:43 > @@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ AC_DEFUN_ONCE([AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS] > [AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_COMPILE_IFELSE])dnl > AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_RUN_IFELSE])dnl > > - AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) > + dnl AC_CANONICAL_HOST pulls in AC_CANONICAL_BUILD, which can cause trouble > + dnl with some packages - http://bugs.gentoo.org/347095 > + AC_BEFORE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST], [$0])dnl > > AC_CHECK_HEADER([minix/config.h], [MINIX=yes], [MINIX=]) > if test "$MINIX" = yes; then But this is not my file -- it gets rolled up into the tarball because I use a macro that it contains. So, it needs to be distributed, but the only thing I think I need to install is "autoopts.m4", which is installed to /usr/share/autogen (yes?). There are two more m4 files that are installed: > libopts-33.3.8/m4/liboptschk.m4 > libopts-33.3.8/m4/libopts.m4 but these are installed *inside* the libopts "tear-off library" for use by package authors (e.g. NTP) who need to ensure that libopts gets installed when it is not present. So, the questions: 1. Should these m4 files be installed? 2. If so, why and how can the reported conflicts be averted? 3. If not, where's the magic for suppressing the installation? 4. This Google expression (and several variations) did not yield useful information: autoconf install "m4 macros|macro" site:gnu.org _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
