#autoconf

autogen.sh not found installng Hercules #autoconf

https://askubuntu.com/q/1491298/612

#gnu #autoconf / #automake tipp:

# tar-ustar: use ustar format of tar (POSIX 1003.1-1988) to lift the
# 99 character limit on filenames (it is now 155 for the directory and
# 256-dir for the file). Needs Automake 1.9 or newer
# see https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/1.10/html_node/Options.html#index-Option_002c-tar_002dv7
# and https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Formats.html#Formats
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 tar-ustar])

(this is planned to become a default in make dist—the limit is there to support some really old tar implementations—but currently the default is still tar-v7 with max 99 chars)

Time for cleanup after identifying two "interesting" issues:

1.) #FreeBSD ports come with a Templates/config.site file which is normally used by #GNU #autoconf, containing quite a lot of "cache variables" so autoconf can avoid running the actual tests. Nice, but completely wrong when targeting #Linux. So, add an empty "CONFIG_SITE=" variable to every linux port, and suddenly I can also remove some explicit cache variables again 🙈

2.) I'm building the "native" toolchain for #Linuxulator --with-sysroot=/compat/linux, which makes sure the linker reliably finds startup files and system libs, without stuff from FreeBSD base interfering. BUT: This completely breaks when some explicit lib path to /usr/lib or /usr/lib64 is added (and many build systems will do that), because sysroot doesn't apply here. Therefore, add wrapper scripts around gcc and g++ filtering out any "-L/usr/lib" or "-L/usr/lib64" argument 🙈 with that, Linux #bash builds without any patches! 🥳

Now, waiting for builds.

Several macros are obsoleted in #autoconf for various reasons (typically they failed to quote properly, couldn't be extended for more recent issues, etc.). They are still supported, but deprecated: their use should be avoided.

During the jump from Autoconf version 1 to version 2, most of the macros were renamed to use a more uniform and descriptive naming scheme, but their signature did not change.

Got over it and created an upstream PR for #fvwm3!

Well, I *knew* I would run into some #autotools foo. Can't use #autoconf to substitute @bindir@ in the .desktop file, it expands to ${exec_prefix}/bin (literally) 😜

https://github.com/fvwmorg/fvwm3/pull/876

Can anyone advise on CC=musl-gcc with autoconf? autoconf is trying to check musl-gcc --version, and that's failing. #alpine #musl #glibc #autoconf #gcc

Gripe of the day: #autoconf cross-compiling is not possible if your target system m4 binary location is other than that of the host system. I had to resort to sed-patching the specific scripts (autom4te and autoupdate). #fightingwindmills

You know how some people that know Java don't put it on their résumé because they don't want to work in Java?

For me, that's #autotools, #autoconf, #automake

PSA: please switch your projects to #Meson

If you design an application that relies on network connectivity. Don't just exclusively rely on #NetworkDiscovery #Autoconf / #Broadcast #multicast
Some of the saner people use #NetworkSegmentation #VLAN #Firewall

Today in the Autoconf lottery. Which standard option does actually cause the build system to cross compile the binary?

#packaging #autoconf #operatingsystems

Somehow the early morning's #autoconf dance put me into extreme happy mood. #python

I woke up suddenly with a dream that I forgot a password. And now I am reading #autoconf manual.

m1? m2? no thanks, but I'd fancy some m4!!!
#autoconf

configure.ac
Makefile.am

.browserslistrc
.buildpacks
.codeclimate.yml
.deepsource.toml
.dockerignore
.editorconfig
.env.test
.env.vagrant
.eslintignore
.foreman
.haml-lint.yml
.nvmrc
.prettierignore
.pretterrc.js
.rspec
.rubocop.yml
.ruby-gemset
.ruby-version
.slugignore
.yarnclean
Aptfile
Capfile
Gemfile
Procfile
Procfile.dev
Rakefile
Vagrantfile

Assigning your copyright to the Free Software Foundation helps us defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Jonny Grant #glibc and Marshall Ward #autoconf for assigning their copyright to the FSF! #GNU

#Autoconf => #Autohell

Au secoure

The comments are priceless
https://askubuntu.com/questions/27677/cannot-find-install-sh-install-sh-or-shtool-in-ac-aux

Assigning your copyright to the Free Software Foundation helps us defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Mark Wielaard #Binutils #GDB #glibc and Thomas Shields #Autoconf for assigning their copyright to the FSF! #GNU

Assigning your copyright to the Free Software Foundation helps us defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Adela Vais #Bison and Eli Schwartz #Autoconf for assigning their copyright to the FSF! #GNU

Oh, le nouveau #GLMF avec mon article sur #autotools, enfin !

https://boutique.ed-diamond.com/en-kiosque/1516-gnulinux-magazine-234.html

#autoconf #GNULinux

"Ceci indique l'article est ou sera très prochainement publié dans : #GLMF 234 (février)."

Ah cool, mon article sur #autotools va enfin sortir (c'était prévu pour un HS mais y avait pas la place)…

Il explique comment partir de zéro avec #autoconf & friends, et quelques trucs pour maintenir les projets utilisant ça.

Quelqu'un pense que c'est utile de demander la republication en CC-nc-nd plus tard ?

Quand on vous dit qu'#autoconf c'est dangereux !

https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20170930133438

#GNU #Autoconf: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE can be unsafe as an undefined macro can turn into a valid function call. One may prefer AC_LINK_IFELSE (when applicable) for this reason. Example: https://gforge.inria.fr/scm/viewvc.php/mpfr/trunk/acinclude.m4?r1=12448&r2=12447&pathrev=12448 #autotools #unix

And now on to debug issues with #iffe utility, a very interesting alternative to #autoconf

http://web.archive.org/web/20131107204006/http://www2.research.att.com:80/~astopen/

#kornshell #ksh

And now on to debug issues with #iffe utility, a very interesting alternative to #autoconf

http://web.archive.org/web/20131107204006/http://www2.research.att.com:80/~astopen/

#kornshell #ksh