Re: The Hurd and autoconf (Was problem making severboot)
> I have had consistent trouble getting autoconf to work on the Hurd.
I don't recall hearing about this before.
> When I built ssh and ntp4 both the autoconf program created a truncated
> configure file.
That is probably either a bug in m4 or a bug in libc that m4 triggers.
> o I read through the autoconf script, and changed it so that it did
> not use precompiled include files.
Say what now?
> o I figured out which input file was generating the last output, and
> what the next output should be. I isolated the place where the
> output stopped. I don't recall what the details were here, but I
> remember thinking there was nothing peculiar happening there. I
> was particularly looking for diversions gone awry, but I don't
> remember seeing them.
> o I verified that the same shell scripts in Linux generate sensible,
> non-truncated configuration files.
> o I whined about this in private email to somebody, who told me he
> sees it sometimes too, and blames m4.
>
> In general, these days I run autoconf on my linux machine, and use the
> resulting configuration file to configure the Hurd. My personal
> interest is not in debugging m4 problems, though someone certainly
> should look into it. Since I have a workaround I am letting it go
> for later.
>
> ----------------------
> Bill White <bill.white@griggsinst.com>
> "There's no art to find the mind's construction in the ASCII."
> Macbeth, Act I scene 1 (first draft).
>
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