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23.1; emacs is failing to build on Fedora 12 64 bit

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From: Praveen A <pravi.a <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1; emacs is failing to build on Fedora 12 64 bit
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:45:59 +0530

Hi,

emacs build is failing on Fedora 12 GNU/Linux 64 bit due to what
appears to be missing end of line escape characters ('\') in the
Makefile.
I reported this to fedora bugzilla (
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540921 ), but I think it
is not specific to fedora packaging as
tarballs downloaded from gnu mirrors also fails to build.

Regards
Praveen

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Message #10 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Praveen A <pravi.a <at> gmail.com>, 5047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5047: 23.1; emacs is failing to build on Fedora 12 64 bit
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:42:43 +0100

Praveen A skrev:
> Hi,
> 
> emacs build is failing on Fedora 12 GNU/Linux 64 bit due to what
> appears to be missing end of line escape characters ('\') in the
> Makefile.
> I reported this to fedora bugzilla (
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540921 ), but I think it
> is not specific to fedora packaging as
> tarballs downloaded from gnu mirrors also fails to build.
> 

Can you send the Makefile here?  As it is generated it is not easy to know 
which line that fails.

	Jan D.

Message #20 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Praveen A <pravi.a <at> gmail.com>
To: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
Cc: 5047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5047: 23.1; emacs is failing to build on Fedora 12 64 bit
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:42:28 +0530

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2009/11/27 Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>:
> Can you send the Makefile here?  As it is generated it is not easy to know
> which line that fails.
>
>        Jan D.
>

Hi Jan,

Makefiles are attached. These were generated with a CVS version of
emacs, but same error is coming as 23.1.

- Praveen

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[lib-src.Makefile (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

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Message #30 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Praveen A <pravi.a <at> gmail.com>
To: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
Cc: 5047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5047: 23.1; emacs is failing to build on Fedora 12 64 bit
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:52:08 +0530

2009/11/28 Praveen A <pravi.a <at> gmail.com>:
> Makefiles are attached.

Refer to line number 103 in src.Makefile and line number 144 in
lib-src.Makefile. '\' end of line separator is missing.

- Praveen
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Message #40 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Praveen A <pravi.a <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 5047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5047: 23.1; emacs is failing to build on Fedora 12 64 bit
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:39:07 +0100

Praveen A skrev 2009-11-28 08.12:
> 2009/11/27 Jan Djärv<jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>:
>> Can you send the Makefile here?  As it is generated it is not easy to know
>> which line that fails.
>>
>>         Jan D.
>>
>
> Hi Jan,
>
> Makefiles are attached. These were generated with a CVS version of
> emacs, but same error is coming as 23.1.
>

It seems backslash is lost, either by configure or by the preprocessor.  Can 
you also send Makefile.c and Makefile.in?

Thanks,

	Jan D.

Message #50 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Praveen Arimbrathodiyil <pravi.a <at> gmail.com>
To: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
Cc: 5047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5047: 23.1; emacs is failing to build on Fedora 12 64 bit
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:45:48 +0530

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On ശനി 28 നവംബര്‍ 2009 05:09 വൈകു, Jan Djärv wrote:
> It seems backslash is lost, either by configure or by the 
> preprocessor.  Can you also send Makefile.c and Makefile.in?
>
Makefile.c and Makefile.in from lib-src and src directories attached.

Thanks
Praveen

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Message #60 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Praveen Arimbrathodiyil <pravi.a <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 5047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5047: 23.1; emacs is failing to build on Fedora 12 64 bit
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:01:13 +0100

Praveen Arimbrathodiyil skrev 2009-11-28 15.15:
> On ശനി 28 നവംബര്‍ 2009 05:09 വൈകു, Jan Djärv wrote:
>> It seems backslash is lost, either by configure or by the
>> preprocessor. Can you also send Makefile.c and Makefile.in?
>>
> Makefile.c and Makefile.in from lib-src and src directories attached.
>

I've tried this on Fedora 12 and I do not get the error.
Please show us the exact commands you do, and the output from
gcc --version.

Also check if you have any environment variable that may have impact on 
configure, such as CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, GCC.  To make sure environment isn't the 
cause, try something like:

% env -i HOME="$HOME" PATH="$PATH" SHELL="$SHELL" TERM="$TERM" ./configure ...

I haven't tried that, so you may have to add some variables if configure 
complains.

Thanks,

	Jan D.

Message #70 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Praveen A <pravi.a <at> gmail.com>
To: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
Cc: 5047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5047: 23.1; emacs is failing to build on Fedora 12 64 bit
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:49:16 +0530

2009/11/29 Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>:
> I've tried this on Fedora 12 and I do not get the error.
> Please show us the exact commands you do, and the output from
> gcc --version.
>
> Also check if you have any environment variable that may have impact on
> configure, such as CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, GCC.  To make sure environment isn't
> the cause, try something like:
>
> % env -i HOME="$HOME" PATH="$PATH" SHELL="$SHELL" TERM="$TERM" ./configure
> ...
>
> I haven't tried that, so you may have to add some variables if configure
> complains.
>
> Thanks,
>
>        Jan D.
>

See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540921#c4

It is an issue with cpp 4.4.2, it does not happen with older version of cpp.

- Praveen

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Message #80 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Praveen A <pravi.a <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 5047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org,
        5047-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5047: 23.1; emacs is failing to build on Fedora 12 64 bit
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:59:25 +0100

Ah, I tested with Emacs from CVS head.  This has been fixed there:

2009-10-23  Jim Meyering  <meyering <at> redhat.com>

        * configure.in: Invoke $CPP with -P when creating Makefile and
        src/Makefile.  Without this, gcc 4.4.2 converts each
        backslash-newline pair in the input to a bare newline, yielding
        invalid Makefiles.

Running
% CPPFLAGS=-P ./configure ...

works. This is what you have to do until 23.2 comes out.

	Jan D.

Praveen A skrev 2009-11-30 10.19:
> 2009/11/29 Jan Djärv<jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>:
>> I've tried this on Fedora 12 and I do not get the error.
>> Please show us the exact commands you do, and the output from
>> gcc --version.
>>
>> Also check if you have any environment variable that may have impact on
>> configure, such as CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, GCC.  To make sure environment isn't
>> the cause, try something like:
>>
>> % env -i HOME="$HOME" PATH="$PATH" SHELL="$SHELL" TERM="$TERM" ./configure
>> ...
>>
>> I haven't tried that, so you may have to add some variables if configure
>> complains.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>         Jan D.
>>
>
> See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540921#c4
>
> It is an issue with cpp 4.4.2, it does not happen with older version of cpp.
>
> - Praveen
>

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