Bug 484803

Summary: configure scripts contain broken AC_ERLANG_SUBST_ROOT_DIR code
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Hans Ulrich Niedermann <rhbugs>
Component: autoconfAssignee: Stepan Kasal <kasal>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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autoconf code fix, directly from upstream
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autoconf/F-10/autoconf.spec patch including the fix none

Description Hans Ulrich Niedermann 2009-02-09 23:48:57 UTC 
Description of problem:

  configure scripts generated by autoconf 2.63 fail when
  running the broken AC_ERLANG_SUBST_ROOT_DIR code.

  This is caused by an unexpanded instance of AS_ECHO having
  made its way into the code actually executed by /bin/sh.

  Upstream has fixed this issue post-2.63.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

  autoconf-2.63-1.fc10.noarch

How reproducible:

  100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. mkdir test && cd test
2. cat>configure.ac<<EOF
AC_INIT([foo], [0.1], [foo@bar], [f])
AC_ERLANG_NEED_ERLC
AC_ERLANG_NEED_ERL
AC_ERLANG_SUBST_ROOT_DIR
AC_ERLANG_SUBST_LIB_DIR
AC_OUTPUT
EOF
3. rm -rf autom4te.cache && autoreconf -vis . && ./configure
  
Actual results:

  [...]
  checking for Erlang/OTP root directory... configure: error: in `/tmp/test':
  configure: error: test Erlang program execution failed
  See `config.log' for more details.

Expected results:

  [...]
  checking for Erlang/OTP library base directory... /usr/lib/erlang/lib
  configure: creating ./config.status

Additional info:

  Upstream fix: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=autoconf.git;a=commitdiff;h=20c24928abd703a96ffc79b8ff9e5e215303a141
Comment 1 Hans Ulrich Niedermann 2009-02-23 17:09:22 UTC 
Created attachment 332945 [details]
autoconf code fix, directly from upstream
Comment 2 Hans Ulrich Niedermann 2009-02-23 17:10:21 UTC 
Created attachment 332946 [details]
autoconf/F-10/autoconf.spec patch including the fix
Comment 3 Hans Ulrich Niedermann 2009-07-12 10:04:43 UTC 
Confirmed in autoconf-2.63-2.fc11.noarch.
Comment 4 Stepan Kasal 2009-11-02 14:39:10 UTC 
Fixed in autoconf-2.64 in dist-f13; that will appear in rawhide as soon as it
detaches from Fedora 12.
Comment 5 Stepan Kasal 2009-11-02 14:39:32 UTC 
*** Bug 523433 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***