On 12/26/2012 11:09 AM, Akim Demaille wrote: > > Le 21 déc. 2012 à 18:06, Stefano Lattarini <[email protected]> a > écrit : > >> configure.ac:168: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_GNU_M4 >> If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow. >> See the Autoconf documentation. >> autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1 >> ./bootstrap: autoreconf failed >> >> Maybe this could be fixed by suitably invoking "git submodule" >> in the 'bootstrap_post_import_hook' function (to be defined in >> bootstrap.conf). I didn't attempt a patch because I have no >> copyright paperwork in place for Bison. > > Hi Stefano, > > I personally consider that playing with git submodules is none > of the business of bootstrap. Actually, it's a PITN that it > changes my gnulib checkout when I bootstrap to check changes, > it forces me to commit the changes. > > I don't plan to change this; git submodule update --init > is the normal course of action, as documented in README-hecking. > I would happily remove the automatic update of gnulib. > OK, noted. And indeed, if I follow more carefully the instructions in README-hacking, I can bootstrap and compile without issues.
Regards, Stefano
