Re: can't use m4-1.4.8 in Mingw in Windows XP

[haibin zhang]

HI All:

I found the bug!
I had to say sorry to m4 member, it isn't their bug, this bug is in automake-1.10.

bug description:
if you compile path is too long, it will cut some words at the end.

for example:
g++ -I/opt/ace/include -I/opt/cppunit/include -I../../../hbstock/include -O2 -o .libs/unitTest.exe unitTest.o configTest.o da
taTest.o technic_test.o DllObjectMangerTest.o  -L/opt/ace/lib -L/opt/cppunit/lib /opt/cppunit/lib/libcppunit.a -L/e/zhb_svn/m
ingw/build/hbstock_build/src /e/zhb_svn/mingw/build/hbstock_build/src/.libs/libhbstock2.dll.a -lintl -lACE -lws2_32 -lmswsock
 -lwsock32 -lnetapi32 -L/home/hbzhang/hbstock/lib

it will cut some words at the end, so that I can't compile my project.

I have test it successful using autoconf-2.61,automake-1.9.6 and m4-1.4.7, if I replace automake-1.9.6 with automake-1.10, it will occur error.

but m4-1.4.8 is only can compiled in gcc-2.95.3 and have some warning
 (m4-1.4.7 is no warning):

DEPDIR=.deps depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../../m4-1.4.8/depcomp \
/usr/bin/gcc    -I../../../m4-1.4.8/lib -I../lib   -O2 -c ../../../m4-1.4.8/src/path.c
In file included from ../../../m4-1.4.8/src/path.c:25:
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:337: warning: `traced' is narrower than values of its type
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:338: warning: `shadowed' is narrower than values of its type
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:339: warning: `macro_args' is narrower than values of its type
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:340: warning: `blind_no_args' is narrower than values of its type
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:341: warning: `deleted' is narrower than values of its type
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:383: warning: `gnu_extension' is narrower than values of its type
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:384: warning: `groks_macro_args' is narrower than values of its type
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:385: warning: `blind_if_no_args' is
 narrower than values of its type
source='../../../m4-1.4.8/src/symtab.c' object='symtab.o' libtool=no \
DEPDIR=.deps depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../../../m4-1.4.8/depcomp \
/usr/bin/gcc    -I../../../m4-1.4.8/lib -I../lib   -O2 -c ../../../m4-1.4.8/src/symtab.c
In file included from ../../../m4-1.4.8/src/symtab.c:34:
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:337: warning: `traced' is narrower than values of its type
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:338: warning: `shadowed' is narrower than values of its type
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:339: warning: `macro_args' is narrower than values of its type
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:340: warning: `blind_no_args' is narrower than values of its type
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:341: warning: `deleted' is narrower than values of its type
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:383: warning: `gnu_extension' is narrower than values of its type
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:384: warning: `groks_macro_args' is narrower than
 values of its type
../../../m4-1.4.8/src/m4.h:385: warning: `blind_if_no_args' is narrower than values of its type
/usr/bin/gcc  -O2   -o m4.exe m4.o builtin.o debug.o eval.o format.o freeze.o input.o macro.o output.o path.o symtab.o  ../li
b/libm4.a

if you have no autotool envirnoment to test it in mingw, you can download it from :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-install

Regards

Zhang HaiBin

Eric Blake <address@hidden> 写道：
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> [You can probably drop bug-autoconf and bug-automake from your replies]
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> According to haibin zhang on 11/22/2006 4:36 AM:
> > HI All:
> > Just now I can't use m4-1.4.8 in Mingw in Windows XP( I can compile
> > it,but can't be used)
>
> It worked fine for me to cross-compile on
>  cygwin targetting mingw; in
> fact, that was one of my criteria for a successful release.  I haven't
> changed any line-ending behavior in the 1.4.x series, so 1.4.8 should
> behave similarly to prior versions of m4 compiled for mingw.
>
> > Does anybody test it in Mingw ?
>
> Yes.  Also, my understanding is that Charles Wilson recently ported 1.4.7
> to mingw; he will probably port 1.4.8 soon.
>
> > 
> >  ./bootstrap.sh
>
> Why are you running ./bootstrap.sh?  For that matter, what is contained in
> bootstrap.sh (since m4 only ships with a bootstrap script, not
> bootstrap.sh).  What is wrong with the m4 tarball as is?  bootstrap is
> ONLY intended to be run if you are compiling from CVS, not from a release
> tarball.  And if you don't have an up-to-date CVS checkout of gnulib
> handy, bootstrap.sh will fail.  Or am I misunderstanding you, and you are
> trying to demonstrate bootstrapping some other project, where you
> installed version
>  of m4 1.4.8 is not acting the way you suspected?
>
> > configure.ac:32: warning: AM_PROG_MKDIR_P is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
> > m4/po.m4:207: AM_PO_SUBDIRS is expanded from...
> > m4/gettext.m4:347: AM_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
> > configure.ac:32: the top level
>
> M4 1.4.8 does not use gettext.  How are you picking up an instance of
> m4/gettext.m4?  That should not be happening.
>
> > src/Makefile.am:14: Libtool library used but `LIBTOOL' is undefined
>
> Likewise - m4 1.4.8 does not use libtool.
>
> - --
> Life is short - so eat dessert first!
>
> Eric Blake             address@hidden
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