[SCM] GNU M4 source repository branch, branch-1.4, updated. v1.4.17-5-gcf5cbd2

[Nathan Royce]

I was searching for a solution to my problem when I encountered your post.

Why do I see a different log through your post rather than the normal link?

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=m4.git;a=shortlog shows the latest date 9/22/13

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=m4.git;a=shortlog;h=cf5cbd26d6134540c66e7a68f4de36471fe9c995 latest is 1/1/14

My original problem is regarding bootstrapping.

The "latest" m4 commit c09a187c50f2f74e89d4d0991bdbd2c6846cc707 bootstrap result:

success with Debian's native version "m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.16"

fail with a newly built m4 version "m4 (GNU M4) 1.9a.643-c09a1-dirty":

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$ ./bootstrap --skip-po -v      

bootstrap: found 'configure.ac'

bootstrap: export M4='m4'

bootstrap: found 'Makefile.am'

bootstrap: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS='-I build-aux/m4'

bootstrap: macro_dir='build-aux/m4'

bootstrap: vc_ignore_files='.gitignore'

bootstrap: export LIBTOOLIZE='true'

bootstrap: export AUTOPOINT='true'

bootstrap: found 'build-aux/m4/gnulib-cache.m4'

bootstrap: export PATCH='patch'

bootstrap: found 'help2man' version 1.43.3.

bootstrap: found 'makeinfo' version 5.2.

bootstrap: found '/cross-tools/bin/xz' for XZ.

bootstrap:   error: please set 'build_aux' in 'bootstrap.conf'

bootstrap:          or add the following (or similar) to your 'configure.ac':

bootstrap:          AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([name of a directory for build scripts])

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You'll note that it asks me to set "build_aux".... oh my, I just realized something and tested it.

Previously, I thought it was referring to "AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])" in "configure.ac", but looked at "bootstrap" and saw "build_aux=" @2328. It said it would pull it from "AC_INIT", but I could override it there, which I just did and it got past that.

So now when it mentions AC_INIT. I had originally thought it could be a problem but wasn't sure how to deal with it:

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m4_bmatch(m4_defn([M4_VERSION]), [^[0-9]], [],

          [m4_define([M4_VERSION], [1.9a])])

AC_INIT([GNU M4], m4_defn([M4_VERSION]), address@hidden)

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I see the "1.9a" which correlates with the dirty version that gets built so I think something is going on there.