Bug 693081 - m4-1.4.15 has buggy strstr, please patch it or upgrade to 1.4.16
Summary: m4-1.4.15 has buggy strstr, please patch it or upgrade to 1.4.16
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: m4
Version: 15
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Vitezslav Crhonek
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-04-02 13:03 UTC by Jim Meyering
Modified: 2013-03-13 20:41 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: m4-1.4.16-1.fc15
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-04-15 21:50:23 UTC
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Description Jim Meyering 2011-04-02 13:03:12 UTC
Description of problem: m4-1.4.15 is now rejected by upstream autoconf.git's configure script.

Version-Release number of selected component: m4-1.4.15-2.fc15.x86_64

How reproducible: every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/autoconf \
     && cd autoconf && autoreconf -vi && ./configure

Actual results:
  ...
  checking for GNU M4 that supports accurate traces... configure: error: no
  acceptable m4 could be found in $PATH.
  GNU M4 1.4.6 or later is required; 1.4.16 or newer is recommended.
  GNU M4 1.4.15 uses a buggy replacement strstr on some systems.
  Glibc 2.9 - 2.12 and GNU M4 1.4.11 - 1.4.15 have another strstr bug.

Expected results:
./configure exits successfully

Additional info:

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2011-04-04 08:02:48 UTC
m4-1.4.16-1.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/m4-1.4.16-1.fc15

Comment 2 Jim Meyering 2011-04-04 08:15:10 UTC
Installed and verified.  Thank you.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2011-04-05 20:20:26 UTC
Package m4-1.4.16-1.fc15:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing m4-1.4.16-1.fc15'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/m4-1.4.16-1.fc15
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2011-04-15 21:50:18 UTC
m4-1.4.16-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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