GNU bug report logs - #24807
aclocal: too many loops error with Autoconf archives macros

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Package: automake; Reported by: 夢巫子 (Yumiko) <yumiko@HIDDEN>; Keywords: moreinfo help confirmed; merged with #23639, #49901; dated Thu, 27 Oct 2016 02:45:02 UTC; Maintainer for automake is bug-automake@HIDDEN.
Forcibly Merged 23639 24807 49901. Request was from Karl Berry <karl@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.
Merged 23639 24807. Request was from Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.
Changed bug title to 'aclocal: too many loops error with Autoconf archives macros' from 'Bug' Request was from Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.
Added tag(s) moreinfo. Request was from Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.

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Hello,

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rites:

> $ autoreconf -if
> aclocal-1.15: overwriting 'm4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4' \
>  with '/usr/share/aclocal/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4'
> aclocal-1.15: overwriting 'm4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4' \
>  with '/usr/share/aclocal/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4'
> aclocal-1.15: installing 'm4/ax_require_defined.m4' \
>  from '/usr/share/aclocal/ax_require_defined.m4'
> aclocal-1.15: error: too many loops
> aclocal-1.15: Please contact <bug-automake@HIDDEN>.
>  at /usr/share/automake-1.15/Automake/Channels.pm line 662.
> 	Automake::Channels::msg("automake", "", "too many loops") \
>    called at /usr/share/automake-1.15/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm line 212
> 	Automake::ChannelDefs::prog_error("too many loops") \
>    called at /usr/bin/aclocal-1.15 line 1188
> autoreconf-2.69: aclocal failed with exit status: 255
>
> automake-1.15
> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69
>
> My system is Gentoo Linux. There might be patches.
> Starting autoreconf again with the same arguments finishes without
> errors. Shell is ZSH.
>
> configure.ac and Makefile.am are simple. Do you need them?

The issue seems to come from a bad interaction between aclocal and the
macros from the Autoconf Archive (m4/ax_....m4)

Can you recheck if the issue is still valid with Automake 1.15.1 and the
latest version of those macros from the autoconf archive?

If the issue is still here, a tarball including those macros and a
minimal example would help us debbuging it.

Thank you for the bug report.

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bug#24807; Package automake. Full text available.

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$ autoreconf -if
aclocal-1.15: overwriting 'm4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4' \
 with '/usr/share/aclocal/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4'
aclocal-1.15: overwriting 'm4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4' \
 with '/usr/share/aclocal/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4'
aclocal-1.15: installing 'm4/ax_require_defined.m4' \
 from '/usr/share/aclocal/ax_require_defined.m4'
aclocal-1.15: error: too many loops
aclocal-1.15: Please contact <bug-automake@HIDDEN>.
 at /usr/share/automake-1.15/Automake/Channels.pm line 662.
	Automake::Channels::msg("automake", "", "too many loops") \
   called at /usr/share/automake-1.15/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm line 212
	Automake::ChannelDefs::prog_error("too many loops") \
   called at /usr/bin/aclocal-1.15 line 1188
autoreconf-2.69: aclocal failed with exit status: 255

automake-1.15
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69

My system is Gentoo Linux. There might be patches.
Starting autoreconf again with the same arguments finishes without
errors. Shell is ZSH.

configure.ac and Makefile.am are simple. Do you need them?

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