Re: bootstrap difficulties

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:

> I'm unable to bootstrap coreutils today, with the following symptoms:
>
> ./bootstrap: /home/eblake/gnulib/gnulib-tool  --import --no-changelog --aux-
> dir ._bootmp/build-aux --doc-base ._bootmp/doc --lib libcoreutils --m4-
> base ._bootmp/m4/ --source-base ._bootmp/lib/ --tests-base ._bootmp/tests --
> local-dir gl --import ...
> gnulib-tool: module rand-isaac doesn't exist
> ...

That's annoying, but not a problem.
Room for improvement in gnulib-tool.

> Copying file ._bootmp/lib/alloca.c
> Copying file ._bootmp/lib/alloca.in.h
> ...
> You may need to add #include directives for the following .h files.
> ...
>   #include <wchar.h>
>   GPL
>   License
>   selinux-at.h
>   #include "acl.h"
> ...
> Don't forget to
>   - add "._bootmp/lib/Makefile" to AC_CONFIG_FILES in ./configure.ac,
>   - mention "lib" in SUBDIRS in ._bootmp/Makefile.am,
>   - mention "-I ._bootmp/m4" in ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am,
>   - invoke gl_EARLY in ./configure.ac, right after AC_PROG_CC,
>   - invoke gl_INIT in ./configure.ac.
> ./bootstrap: cp ._bootmp/lib/alloca.c lib/alloca.c # with edits
> mv: cannot move `lib/alloca.c-t' to `lib/alloca.c': No such file or directory

That's odd.
I've been unable to reproduce that so far.
I've tried both in a pre-used working directory
and in one I'd just cloned.

But I did hit the missing uniwidth/ failure, which I finally fixed.
Was the above in a freshly-cloned directory?

> Any ideas what I should try next?

Maybe add a set -x or two inside bootstrap?