autoreconf failure "warning: AC_INIT: not a literal" in autoconf-2.67

[dong5600@…]

I am inexperience in macports. I need to install Arb on Mac OS X 10.6.4. After I installed Xcode and X11 and followed the protocol to install and update MacPorts to 10.9.1, I used "sudo port -d install arb" but the installation cannot be finished and the error information at the end is:

autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force 
configure.ac:28: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
configure.ac:28: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
autoreconf: running: glibtoolize --copy --force
glibtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.
glibtoolize: copying file `./ltmain.sh'
glibtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.ac and
glibtoolize: rerunning glibtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros in-tree.
glibtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.
configure.ac:28: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
autoreconf: running: /opt/local/bin/autoconf --force
configure.ac:28: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
configure:10695: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FDdnl
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /opt/local/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_x11_xorg-libXp/work/libXp-1.0.0" && autoreconf --install -fvi " returned error 1
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: autoreconf failure: shell command failed
DEBUG: Backtrace: autoreconf failure: shell command failed
    while executing
"$procedure $targetname"
Warning: the following items did not execute (for xorg-libXp): org.macports.activate org.macports.configure org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install
Log for xorg-libXp is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_x11_xorg-libXp/main.log
Error: The following dependencies failed to build: glw openmotif xorg-libXp gsed imake xorg-cf-files lynx openssl sablotron spidermonkey nspr readline tiff
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

What version of autoconf are you using? The latest is @2.66_1 which was committed an hour or so ago, make sure you using this version.

[henry.pfister@…]

I am having a very similar problem with xorg-libXp (or autoconf) with 10.5.8.

And I am using the latest version @2.66_1 of autoconf.

The error message (starting from where things start to fail) is:

configure.ac:28: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
autoreconf: running: /opt/local/bin/autoconf --force
configure.ac:28: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
configure:10695: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FDdnl
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /opt/local/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
shell command " cd "/Users/hpfister/.macports/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_x11_xorg-libXp/work/libXp-1.0.0" && autoreconf --install -fvi " returned error 1
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: autoreconf failure: shell command failed

[pavlo72@…]

Cc Me!

[Zignal64@…]

I started getting the same error with the recent release of autoconf v2.66 in trying to build mplayer.

"if this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow."

Loaded macports on one system June 26 2010 no issues.

Loaded macports today July 4 2010 on another system and started receiving the error.

Both systems fresh install of 10.6.3 updated to 10.6.4 with Xcode 3.2.2

Build process still works on the June 26 system which still has autoconf v2.65.

ports installed: autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig freetype fontconfig libiconv ncurses zlib lzo2

Error example with libass:

$ autoreconf -ivf
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I shave
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: running: glibtoolize --copy --force
glibtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.
glibtoolize: copying file `./ltmain.sh'
glibtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `shave'.
glibtoolize: copying file `shave/libtool.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `shave/ltoptions.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `shave/ltsugar.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `shave/ltversion.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file `shave/lt~obsolete.m4'
autoreconf: running: /opt/local/bin/autoconf --force
configure:12439: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FDdnl
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /opt/local/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1 

[Zignal64@…]

Just wanted to clarify this isn't strictly a autoconf xorg-libXp issue and affects other projects.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Does updating to autoconf @2.66_2 and then cleaning the failing port help?

[Zignal64@…]

Same error with autoconf @2.66, Revision 2 (devel)

[mjhsieh@…]

Cc Me!

[mjhsieh@…]

Replying to Zignal64@…:

Same error with autoconf @2.66, Revision 2 (devel)

I confirm this observation. I still saw the "AC_INIT: not a literal" warnings and "possibly undefined macro: AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FDdnl" error.

[fblanch@…]

I don't have any experience on macports either and i'm having the same problem when i try to install rabbitMQ

These is my log trace if it helps:

--->  Fetching xorg-libXp
--->  Attempting to fetch libXp-1.0.0.tar.bz2 from http://lil.fr.distfiles.macports.org/xorg-libXp
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for xorg-libXp
--->  Extracting xorg-libXp
--->  Configuring xorg-libXp
Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: autoreconf failure: shell command failed
Log for xorg-libXp is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_x11_xorg-libXp/main.log
Error: The following dependencies failed to build: xmlto texlive texlive-basic texlive-bin openmotif xorg-libXp poppler gtk2 atk glib2 gtk-doc gnome-doc-utils iso-codes p5-xml-parser py26-libxml2 python26 bzip2 db46 gdbm openssl readline sqlite3 tk tcl xorg-libXScrnSaver xorg-scrnsaverproto rarian intltool gnome-common p5-getopt-long p5-pathtools p5-scalar-list-utils jasper pango shared-mime-info xorg-libXcomposite xorg-compositeproto xorg-libXfixes xorg-fixesproto xorg-libXcursor xorg-libXdamage xorg-damageproto xorg-libXi xorg-libXinerama xorg-xineramaproto xorg-libXrandr xorg-randrproto lcms openjpeg poppler-data t1lib texlive-common texlive-documentation-base texlive-bin-extra texlive-context texlive-latex texlive-metapost texlive-documentation-english texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fontutils texlive-generic-recommended texlive-lang-czechslovak texlive-lang-dutch texlive-lang-french texlive-lang-german texlive-lang-italian texlive-lang-polish texlive-lang-portuguese texlive-lang-spanish texlive-lang-ukenglish texlive-latex-recommended texlive-luatex texlive-math-extra texlive-xetex texlive-htmlxml
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

Any idea on how to solve it? My system is Snow Leopard 10.6.3. and autoconf version 2.61

[fblanch@…]

Cc Me!

[macports@…]

Cc Me!

[macports@…]

I had need to get other autoconf-dependent software working quickly, so I needed a workaround.

It appears this was introduced with autoconf 2.66 upstream, and the maintainer indicated official release with fix was a couple weeks out, so I stopped looking for patches, and started looking for a downgrade path to 2.65.

I've never had 2.65 installed on this machine, so here is how I went about installing it - per the howto on installing old ports @ ​http://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort

cd /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/devel/autoconf
port uninstall autoconf
curl https://svn.macports.org/export/66088/trunk/dports/devel/autoconf/Portfile > Portfile
curl https://svn.macports.org/export/66088/trunk/dports/devel/autoconf/files/0001-Fix-AC_FUNC_MMAP-regression-with-C-compiler-in-2.65.patch > files/0001-Fix-AC_FUNC_MMAP-regression-with-C-compiler-in-2.65.patch
curl https://svn.macports.org/export/66088/trunk/dports/devel/autoconf/files/0002-Fix-2.64-AC_TYPE_INT-_T-macro-body-text-regression.patch > files/0002-Fix-2.64-AC_TYPE_INT-_T-macro-body-text-regression.patch
port install autoconf

That installed autoconf @ 2.65_1 and other software was able to successfully build with it

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

Replying to macports@…:

I had need to get other autoconf-dependent software working quickly, so I needed a workaround.

I sent an email to macports-users about an hour ago, I'm going to revert autoconf to 2.65_1 later on this afternoon. Then the upgrade can be revisited once upstream fixes this properly.

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

autoconf has been reverted back to 2.65_1 in r69426

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

2.67 was added in r70297 , so this is once again a problem...

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

observerved with 2.67_0, does not occur with 2.65_2. xorg-server-devel fails due to "warning: AC_INIT: not a literal"

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

Damn it. The AC_INIT issue was reported upstream yesterday and the maintainer hopes to have a fix soon. I'll give upstream till next week and then revert (again) if a fix hasn't materialised.

Regarding the AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FDdnl error, this appears to be an underquoting bug in pkg-config: <​http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.general/13133/focus=13153>

[EJFielding (Eric Fielding)]

Cc Me!

[adparker@…]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

"AC_INIT" problem affects xorg-libXp, xorg-libAppleWM (#25986), xorg-libXtrap, xorg-libXevie

[sengupta_jit@…]

Cc Me!

[ghosthound]

Cc Me!

[skymoo (Adam Mercer)]

Patches for pkg-config, added to #26030, to fix the AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FDdnl error which is the actual cause of the failures as the AC_INIT issue is only a warning.

[andree.jacobson@…]

Thank you! The patch works.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to ram@…:

Patches for pkg-config, added to #26030, to fix the AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FDdnl error which is the actual cause of the failures as the AC_INIT issue is only a warning.

Thank you; fixed.