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Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7.
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Ricardo Wurmus |
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Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7. |
Date: |
Sat, 27 Aug 2016 08:14:40 +0200 |
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Roel Janssen <address@hidden> writes:
> Dear Guix,
>
> Due to an old Automake version (1.13), running the `./configure' phase on
> CentOS 7 fails with:
>
>> autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
>> configure.ac:21: warning: The 'AM_PROG_MKDIR_P' macro is deprecated, and its
>> use is discouraged.
>> configure.ac:21: You should use the Autoconf-provided 'AC_PROG_MKDIR_P'
>> macro instead,
>> configure.ac:21: and use '$(MKDIR_P)' instead of '$(mkdir_p)'in your
>> Makefile.am files.
>> Makefile.am:422: warning: AM_GNU_GETTEXT used but 'po' not in SUBDIRS
>> automake: error: cannot open < ./%D%/guix.texi: No such file or directory
>> autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
>
> (It does not replace %D% with the appropriate directory..)
>
> The attached patch replaces each instance of %D%, which I believe stands
> for the current subdirectory from the project root, with the appropriate
> directory. With these changes, I've been able to compile GNU Guix on
> CentOS 7.
>
> I am not sure how this change impacts custom configure options, so I
> would like to ask someone with more Automake knowledge and experience to
> elaborate on the possible downsides of applying this patch.
>
> If this change is acceptable to the project, I will update the commit
> message to a more detailed and conforming message. Suggestions are
> welcome here though.
>
> What do you think about making Guix compilable on this "stable"
> distribution? :-)
Thanks, Roel! I don’t know much about Automake to say whether there are
any side-effects, so I’ll defer decisions to other people. To me it
looks innocent.
~~ Ricardo
- [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Roel Janssen, 2016/08/26
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., ng0, 2016/08/26
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7.,
Ricardo Wurmus <=
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Tomáš Čech, 2016/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Alex Kost, 2016/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Roel Janssen, 2016/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Florian Paul Schmidt, 2016/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Roel Janssen, 2016/08/27
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Tomáš Čech, 2016/08/28
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Efraim Flashner, 2016/08/28
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Tomáš Čech, 2016/08/28
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Roel Janssen, 2016/08/28
- Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7., Mathieu Lirzin, 2016/08/28