Hi Bernd,
>> those configure files have been generated with some modified version of
>> autoconf: --runstatedir isn't present in vanilla autoconf 2.69, but only
>> in git autoconf. Since there are no uses of it I could find, please do
>> regenerate with autoconf 2.69 (preferably self-built since distros tend
>> to include random patches which only confuse future developers).
>>
>
> Yes, I build those always out of the tar balls.
good.
> cd gcc-trunk/libphobos
> autoconf && automake
You should be careful to use the same options as in Makefile.in, in the
case of automake --foreign --ignore-deps.
> get the following messages:
>
> libdruntime/Makefile.am:160: warning: source file 'rt/bss_section.c' is in
> a subdirectory,
> libdruntime/Makefile.am:160: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
[...]
> and exactly the same result.
I think Joseph mentioned those when gcc trunk was moved to newer
autoconf and automake versions.
> So I would suggest to revert the changes from the unreleased autoconf.
IMO you should always regenerate with the documented/required versions.
Almost everything else is a prior mistake.
> Is the patch OK for trunk as-is ?
That's for Iain to decide.
Rainer
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Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University
