Bug#742417: bls tag for configure syntax errors
Hi,
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 12:50:20PM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> Sorry for the late reply. I totally missed your bug report.
No problem :)
> * Evgeni Golov <evgeni@debian.org> [2014-03-23 14:38]:
> > Those errors might look like this in the build log:
> >
> > checking for idna_to_ascii_from_locale... no
> > ../configure: line 12285: test: =: unary operator expected
> >
> > This usually means that there is a syntax error in the configure script
> > but the execution could be completed. Syntax errors can lead to
> > unexpected configuration results.
>
> Do you have an example of a buildd log that contains a line like that?
> I did a manual scan of all packages currently in unstable with the
> regexp you gave and could not find any example.
mutt, if you remove this patch:
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-mutt/mutt.git;a=blob;f=debian/patches/0041-__misc__fix-configure-test-operator.patch;h=f986e099142f23df4102fd7cd57bb7e255f6dff4;hb=4e4a9de33a9d3b63fa68abb32cfb31dcdfa71d18
> > +This is an experimental tag. It needs review and a better description.
> > +<br>
> > +The build log contains a message from <tt>configure</tt> starting with
> > +<pre>
> > +configure: line X:
> > +</pre>
> > +<br>
> > +This message usually means that there is a syntax error in the configure
> > +script, but the execution could be completed. Syntax errors can lead to
> > +unexpected configuration results.
> > +<br>
> > +If you have more information for this description or want it escalated
> > +to warning or error, please let me know.
>
> I guess it makes sense to start with an warning right away (I guess
> error is a bit too hard as it might not be an actual problem)
>
> I guess a longer description might be nice but currently the only thing
> I can think of is perhaps making the example line a bit more specific
> like
>
> > +configure: line NNN: SOME-ERROR-MESSAGE
Yeah, I had a hard time not writing "look at the damn warning" in the
first place :)
Greets
Evgeni
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