This bug was initially created as a copy of Bug #1716384 I am copying this bug because: despite it has been fixed in Fedora 29 it's still there in Fedora 30 Description of problem: In projects using automake for handling python packages "make uninstall" fails due to a bug in am__pep3147_tweak More info on the issue can be found in http://gnu-automake.7480.n7.nabble.com/bug-31222-automake-1-16-1-am-pep3147-tweak-bug-td22937.html#a23017 Fixing patch has been already merged upstream: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=a348d830659fffd2cfc42994524783b07e69b4b5 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): automake-1.16.1-5.fc29.noarch How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: reproduced while working on ovirt-hosted-engine-setup: 1. git clone git://gerrit.ovirt.org/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup 2. autoreconf -ivf 3. ./configure 4. make uninstall (or make distcheck, which calls make uninstall) Actual results: [2019-05-31T11:38:43.568Z] make[4]: Entering directory '/home/jenkins/workspace/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup_standard-check-patch/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup-2.4.0-0.0.master/_build/sub/src/ovirt_hosted_engine_setup' [2019-05-31T11:38:43.568Z] /bin/sh: -c: line 11: syntax error near unexpected token `|' [2019-05-31T11:38:43.568Z] /bin/sh: -c: line 11: `echo "$py_files" | | sed '$!N;$!N;$!N;$!N;$!N;$!N;$!N;s/\n/ /g' | sed '$!N;$!N;$!N;$!N;s/\n/ /g' | \' [2019-05-31T11:38:43.568Z] make[4]: *** [Makefile:477: uninstall-dist_ovirthostedenginelibPYTHON] Error 1 [2019-05-31T11:38:43.568Z] make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/jenkins/workspace/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup_standard-check-patch/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup-2.4.0-0.0.master/_build/sub/src/ovirt_hosted_engine_setup' Expected results: automake doesn't fail
automake - noarch 1.16.1-12.fc30 make[4]: Entering directory '/home/jenkins/workspace/ovirt-hosted-engine-ha_standard-check-patch/ovirt-hosted-engine-ha/ovirt-hosted-engine-ha-2.4.0-0.0.master.20191001121531/_build/sub/ovirt_hosted_engine_ha/lib/ovf' /bin/sh: -c: line 11: syntax error near unexpected token `|' /bin/sh: -c: line 11: `echo "$py_files" | | sed '$!N;$!N;$!N;$!N;$!N;$!N;$!N;s/\n/ /g' | sed '$!N;$!N;$!N;$!N;s/\n/ /g' | \' make[4]: *** [Makefile:381: uninstall-dist_ovflibPYTHON] Error 1
FEDORA-2019-5f53dc10b2 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 30. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-5f53dc10b2
automake-1.16.1-13.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-5f53dc10b2
automake-1.16.1-13.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.