GNU bug report logs - #23563
MKS Platform component 9.X - unable to configure parallel, performing "export ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM=YES" doesn't work

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From: Bart Debersaques <Bart.Debersaques <at> keyrus.com>
To: "bug-automake <at> gnu.org" <bug-automake <at> gnu.org>
Subject: MKS Platform component 9.X - unable to configure parallel,
 performing "export ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM=YES" doesn't work
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 15:07:43 +0200

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$ pwd
C:/Users/bart.debersaques/linux/parallel-20160422
$ ./configure --prefix=C:/Users/bart.debersaques/linux
checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... ./install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... no
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
Usage: rm [-firqRv] [-d|-s] file ...
Oops!

Your 'rm' program seems unable to run without file operands specified
on the command line, even when the '-f' option is present.  This is contrary
to the behaviour of most rm programs out there, and not conforming with
the upcoming POSIX standard: <http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=542>

Please tell bug-automake <at> gnu.org about your system, including the value
of your $PATH and any error possibly output before this message.  This
can help us improve future automake versions.

Aborting the configuration process, to ensure you take notice of the issue.

You can download and install GNU coreutils to get an 'rm' implementation
that behaves properly: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>.

If you want to complete the configuration process using your problematic
'rm' anyway, export the environment variable ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM
to "yes", and re-run configure.

configure: error: Your 'rm' program is bad, sorry.
$

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Message #12 received at 23563 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: Bart.Debersaques <at> keyrus.com
Cc: 23563 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23563: MKS Platform component 9.X - unable to configure
 parallel, performing "export ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM=YES" doesn't work
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:52:48 -0700

Hi Bart - back in 2016
(https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=23563, sorry for the
delayed reply) you reported that your system failed the rm -f test. 

For the next automake release, we've removed this test and tried to
accept any rm. (More info: https://bugs.gnu.org/10828.)

If you have a chance to try an automake pretest to confirm this
(downloadable from https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/automake-1.16j.tar.gz),
that would be great. --thanks, karl.

Message #17 received at 23563-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: 23563-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23563: MKS Platform component 9.X - unable to configure
 parallel, performing "export ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM=YES" doesn't work
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:27:43 -0700

The email address for the OP bounced. So closing this one.

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