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I had the following output from running autogen.sh in the spice project =
on macOS:

Use of uninitialized value $msg in concatenation (.) or string at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.
Use of uninitialized value $stacktrace in pattern match (m//) at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.
unknown channel m4trace: -1- AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_args, " =
'$ac_arg'")
 at /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Channels.pm =
line 638.
    Autom4te::Channels::msg('m4trace: -1- =
AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_args, " \'$ac_arg\'")\x{a}', undef, 'warning: =
', 'partial', 0) called at /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te =
line 1032

This is with automake 1.15 and autoconf 2.69, installed using Homebrew.

Google search showed that this kind of error pops up rather frequently, =
here are a few examples:
	https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/issues/217
	https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2009-November/152184.html
	=
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2016-12/msg00003.html
	=
http://lists-archives.com/samba/49430-autogen-sh-failing-over-samba-share.=
html
	http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3D37&t=3D3957=

	=
http://samba.2283325.n4.nabble.com/autogen-sh-failing-over-samba-share-td2=
456468.html

Notice how in at least two cases, there is no follow up, because the =
message gives no clue at what is actually happening.

I added the following instrumentation in autom4te around line 1015:

  open (my $fh, '>', '/tmp/perldebug');
  print $fh "-- Begin warnings --\n";
  print $fh contents ("$tmp/warnings=E2=80=9D);
  print $fh "-- End warnings --\n";
  print $fh "Separator '$separator'\n";
  close($fh);

  # Swallow excessive newlines.
  for (split (/\n*$separator\n*/o, contents ("$tmp/warnings")))

What this showed is that, at that stage, the message was apparently =
perfectly legitimate, but nowhere to be found on the console output:

 -- Begin warnings =E2=80=94
obsolete::configure.ac:34::'AM_CONFIG_HEADER': this macro is obsolete.
You should use the 'AC_CONFIG_HEADERS' macro =
instead.::/usr/local/Cellar/automake/1.15/share/aclocal-1.15/obsolete.m4:1=
5: AM_CONFIG_HEADER is expanded from...
configure.ac:34: the top level
------------------------- END OF WARNING -------------------------


obsolete::configure.ac:189::The macro `AC_TRY_CPP' is obsolete.
You should run autoupdate.::../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2530: =
AC_TRY_CPP is expanded from...
configure.ac:189: the top level
------------------------- END OF WARNING -------------------------


obsolete::configure.ac:286::AC_OUTPUT should be used without arguments.
You should run autoupdate.::
------------------------- END OF WARNING -------------------------


m4trace: -1- AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_args, " '$ac_arg'")
-- End warnings =E2=80=94


The original message seems to be coming from Channels.pm around line =
642, a line that reads:

  confess "unknown channel $channel" unless exists $channels{$channel};

The same kind of instrumentation added there

	open (my $fh, '>', '/tmp/perldebug');
	print $fh "Unknown channel $channel - We are going to die =
horribly\n";
 	close($fh);

This instrumentation showed that the channel name at that level is legit =
(it=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9Cfatal=E2=80=9D), nothing like the mangled =
=E2=80=98m4trace: -1=E2=80=A6=E2=80=99 mangled stuff that is later sent =
to the console:

	Unknown channel fatal - We are going to die horribly

I also checked that the Perl installation is not the problem with the =
following test:

	use Carp qw/croak confess/;
	sub zoo ()
	{
	    confess "Boo, I'm dead";
	}
	sub bar () { zoo(); }
	sub foo () { bar(); }
	foo();

This results in the expected output:

	Boo, I'm dead at /tmp/truc.pl line 4.
	    main::zoo() called at /tmp/truc.pl line 6
	    main::bar() called at /tmp/truc.pl line 7
	    main::foo() called at /tmp/truc.pl line 8

I=E2=80=99ll keep investigating, but I thought this was worth a bug =
report as is.=

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The symptoms are something like:

  Use of uninitialized value $msg in concatenation (.) or string at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.
  Use of uninitialized value $stacktrace in pattern match (m//) at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.
  unknown channel m4trace: -1- AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_args, " =
'$ac_arg'")
   at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Channels.pm line =
638.
      Autom4te::Channels::msg('m4trace: -1- =
AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_args, " \'$ac_arg\'")\x{a}', undef, 'warning: =
', 'partial', 0) called at /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te =
line 1032

The root cause is m4 traces without a file/line number shown.

So instead of something like:

   m4trace:configure.ac:48: -1- ...

you have something like:

  m4trace: -1- ...

In the scenarios I ran into, this is due to some error that throws m4 =
out.
Eliminating these messages from the temporary m4 file being generated
(which will not complete anyway) is sufficient for the rest of autoconf
to complete, until it prints errors.

In my case, the final error looks like:

  common/Makefile.am:20: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is =
undefined
  common/Makefile.am:20:   The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add =
'LT_INIT'
  common/Makefile.am:20:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and =
'autoconf' again.
  common/Makefile.am:20:   If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make sure
  common/Makefile.am:20:   its definition is in aclocal's search path.
  autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1

But I've seen various reports for other root causes that ran into the =
same
problem (see bug report)

Signed-off-by: Christophe de Dinechin <dinechin@HIDDEN>
---
 bin/autom4te.in | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bin/autom4te.in b/bin/autom4te.in
index 964ac1a..b3f3831 100644
--- a/bin/autom4te.in
+++ b/bin/autom4te.in
@@ -821,6 +821,8 @@ EOF
   my $traces =3D new Autom4te::XFile ($tcache . $req->id, "<");
   while ($_ =3D $traces->getline)
     {
+      # Traces without file/line
+      next if (m{^m4trace: -(\d+)- ([^(]+)\((.*)$});
       # Trace with arguments, as the example above.  We don't try
       # to match the trailing parenthesis as it might be on a
       # separate line.
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autom4te is maintained by autoconf, not automake; redirecting your patch
there.

On 03/07/2017 04:00 PM, Christophe de Dinechin wrote:
> The symptoms are something like:
>=20
>   Use of uninitialized value $msg in concatenation (.) or string at /us=
r/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.
>   Use of uninitialized value $stacktrace in pattern match (m//) at /usr=
/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.
>   unknown channel m4trace: -1- AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_args, " '$ac_=
arg'")
>    at /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Channels.=
pm line 638.
>       Autom4te::Channels::msg('m4trace: -1- AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_=
args, " \'$ac_arg\'")\x{a}', undef, 'warning: ', 'partial', 0) called at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032
>=20
> The root cause is m4 traces without a file/line number shown.
>=20
> So instead of something like:
>=20
>    m4trace:configure.ac:48: -1- ...
>=20
> you have something like:
>=20
>   m4trace: -1- ...
>=20
> In the scenarios I ran into, this is due to some error that throws m4 o=
ut.
> Eliminating these messages from the temporary m4 file being generated
> (which will not complete anyway) is sufficient for the rest of autoconf=

> to complete, until it prints errors.
>=20
> In my case, the final error looks like:
>=20
>   common/Makefile.am:20: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is u=
ndefined
>   common/Makefile.am:20:   The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add =
'LT_INIT'
>   common/Makefile.am:20:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'aut=
oconf' again.
>   common/Makefile.am:20:   If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make sure=

>   common/Makefile.am:20:   its definition is in aclocal's search path.
>   autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
>=20
> But I've seen various reports for other root causes that ran into the s=
ame
> problem (see bug report)
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Christophe de Dinechin <dinechin@HIDDEN>
> ---
>  bin/autom4te.in | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>=20
> diff --git a/bin/autom4te.in b/bin/autom4te.in
> index 964ac1a..b3f3831 100644
> --- a/bin/autom4te.in
> +++ b/bin/autom4te.in
> @@ -821,6 +821,8 @@ EOF
>    my $traces =3D new Autom4te::XFile ($tcache . $req->id, "<");
>    while ($_ =3D $traces->getline)
>      {
> +      # Traces without file/line
> +      next if (m{^m4trace: -(\d+)- ([^(]+)\((.*)$});

Would it be better to keep the error message, but set the file and line
to placeholders, instead of completely discarding the message?

>        # Trace with arguments, as the example above.  We don't try
>        # to match the trailing parenthesis as it might be on a
>        # separate line.
>=20

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> On 7 Mar 2017, at 23:51, Eric Blake <eblake@HIDDEN> wrote:
>=20
> autom4te is maintained by autoconf, not automake; redirecting your =
patch
> there.
>=20
> On 03/07/2017 04:00 PM, Christophe de Dinechin wrote:
>> The symptoms are something like:
>>=20
>>  Use of uninitialized value $msg in concatenation (.) or string at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.
>>  Use of uninitialized value $stacktrace in pattern match (m//) at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.
>>  unknown channel m4trace: -1- AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_args, " =
'$ac_arg'")
>>   at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Channels.pm line =
638.
>>      Autom4te::Channels::msg('m4trace: -1- =
AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_args, " \'$ac_arg\'")\x{a}', undef, 'warning: =
', 'partial', 0) called at /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te =
line 1032
>>=20
>> The root cause is m4 traces without a file/line number shown.
>>=20
>> So instead of something like:
>>=20
>>   m4trace:configure.ac:48: -1- ...
>>=20
>> you have something like:
>>=20
>>  m4trace: -1- ...
>>=20
>> In the scenarios I ran into, this is due to some error that throws m4 =
out.
>> Eliminating these messages from the temporary m4 file being generated
>> (which will not complete anyway) is sufficient for the rest of =
autoconf
>> to complete, until it prints errors.
>>=20
>> In my case, the final error looks like:
>>=20
>>  common/Makefile.am:20: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is =
undefined
>>  common/Makefile.am:20:   The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add =
'LT_INIT'
>>  common/Makefile.am:20:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and =
'autoconf' again.
>>  common/Makefile.am:20:   If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make =
sure
>>  common/Makefile.am:20:   its definition is in aclocal's search path.
>>  autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
>>=20
>> But I've seen various reports for other root causes that ran into the =
same
>> problem (see bug report)
>>=20
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe de Dinechin <dinechin@HIDDEN>
>> ---
>> bin/autom4te.in | 2 ++
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>=20
>> diff --git a/bin/autom4te.in b/bin/autom4te.in
>> index 964ac1a..b3f3831 100644
>> --- a/bin/autom4te.in
>> +++ b/bin/autom4te.in
>> @@ -821,6 +821,8 @@ EOF
>>   my $traces =3D new Autom4te::XFile ($tcache . $req->id, "<");
>>   while ($_ =3D $traces->getline)
>>     {
>> +      # Traces without file/line
>> +      next if (m{^m4trace: -(\d+)- ([^(]+)\((.*)$});
>=20
> Would it be better to keep the error message, but set the file and =
line
> to placeholders, instead of completely discarding the message?

I had tried, and that works too in my case. I.e. you can use if this =
seems to be better:

> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Alternate fix for #25740 (error reporting mangles
>  messages)
>=20
> The symptoms are something like:
>=20
>   Use of uninitialized value $msg in concatenation (.) or string at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.
>   Use of uninitialized value $stacktrace in pattern match (m//) at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.
>   unknown channel m4trace: -1- AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_args, " =
'$ac_arg'")
>    at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Channels.pm line =
638.
>       Autom4te::Channels::msg('m4trace: -1- =
AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_args, " \'$ac_arg\'")\x{a}', undef, 'warning: =
', 'partial', 0) called at /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te =
line 1032
>=20
> The root cause is m4 traces without a file/line number shown.
>=20
> So instead of something like:
>=20
>    m4trace:configure.ac:48: -1- ...
>=20
> you have something like:
>=20
>   m4trace: -1- ...
>=20
> In the scenarios I ran into, this is due to some error that throws m4 =
out.
> Eliminating these messages from the temporary m4 file being generated
> (which will not complete anyway) is sufficient for the rest of =
autoconf
> to complete, until it prints errors.
>=20
> In my case, the final error looks like:
>=20
>   common/Makefile.am:20: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is =
undefined
>   common/Makefile.am:20:   The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add =
'LT_INIT'
>   common/Makefile.am:20:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and =
'autoconf' again.
>   common/Makefile.am:20:   If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make =
sure
>   common/Makefile.am:20:   its definition is in aclocal's search path.
>   autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
>=20
> But I've seen various reports for other root causes that ran into the =
same
> problem (see bug report)
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Christophe de Dinechin <dinechin@HIDDEN>
> ---
>  bin/autom4te.in | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>=20
> diff --git a/bin/autom4te.in b/bin/autom4te.in
> index b3f3831..406ebfe 100644
> --- a/bin/autom4te.in
> +++ b/bin/autom4te.in
> @@ -821,8 +821,6 @@ EOF
>    my $traces =3D new Autom4te::XFile ($tcache . $req->id, "<");
>    while ($_ =3D $traces->getline)
>      {
> -      # Traces without file/line
> -      next if (m{^m4trace: -(\d+)- ([^(]+)\((.*)$});
>        # Trace with arguments, as the example above.  We don't try
>        # to match the trailing parenthesis as it might be on a
>        # separate line.
> @@ -831,6 +829,8 @@ EOF
>        # Traces without arguments, always on a single line.
>        s{^m4trace:(.+):(\d+): -(\d+)- ([^)]*)\n$}
>         {AT_$4([$1], [$2], [$3], [$4])\n};
> +      s{^m4trace: -(\d+)- ([^(]+)\((.*)$}
> +       {AT_$2([nowhere], [0], [$1], [$2], $3};
>        print $trace_m4 "$_";
>      }
>    $trace_m4->close;
> --=20
> 2.10.1 (Apple Git-78)


I thought discarding lines that did not seem to correspond to any known =
file was more efficient and less risky.

>=20
>>       # Trace with arguments, as the example above.  We don't try
>>       # to match the trailing parenthesis as it might be on a
>>       # separate line.
>>=20
>=20
> --=20
> Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
> Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org =
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charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On 7 Mar 2017, at 23:51, Eric Blake &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:eblake@HIDDEN" class=3D"">eblake@HIDDEN</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; =
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; =
orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: =
none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline =
!important;" class=3D"">autom4te is maintained by autoconf, not =
automake; redirecting your patch</span><br style=3D"font-family: =
Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: =
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: =
0px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; =
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: =
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: =
inline !important;" class=3D"">there.</span><br style=3D"font-family: =
Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: =
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: =
0px;" class=3D""><br style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; =
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: =
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; =
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; =
orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: =
none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline =
!important;" class=3D"">On 03/07/2017 04:00 PM, Christophe de Dinechin =
wrote:</span><br style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; =
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: =
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=3D""><blockquote=
 type=3D"cite" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; =
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: =
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=3D"">The symptoms are something =
like:<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">&nbsp;Use of uninitialized value $msg =
in concatenation (.) or string at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.<br =
class=3D"">&nbsp;Use of uninitialized value $stacktrace in pattern match =
(m//) at /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.<br =
class=3D"">&nbsp;unknown channel m4trace: -1- =
AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_args, " '$ac_arg'")<br =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp;at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Channels.pm line =
638.<br =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Autom4te::Channels::msg('m4trace:=
 -1- AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_args, " \'$ac_arg\'")\x{a}', undef, =
'warning: ', 'partial', 0) called at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">The root cause is m4 traces without a file/line number =
shown.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">So instead of something like:<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp;m4trace:configure.ac:48: -1- =
...<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">you have something like:<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D"">&nbsp;m4trace: -1- ...<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">In the scenarios I ran into, this is due to some error that =
throws m4 out.<br class=3D"">Eliminating these messages from the =
temporary m4 file being generated<br class=3D"">(which will not complete =
anyway) is sufficient for the rest of autoconf<br class=3D"">to =
complete, until it prints errors.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">In my =
case, the final error looks like:<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">&nbsp;common/Makefile.am:20: error: Libtool library used but =
'LIBTOOL' is undefined<br class=3D"">&nbsp;common/Makefile.am:20: =
&nbsp;&nbsp;The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT'<br =
class=3D"">&nbsp;common/Makefile.am:20: &nbsp;&nbsp;to 'configure.ac' =
and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again.<br =
class=3D"">&nbsp;common/Makefile.am:20: &nbsp;&nbsp;If 'LT_INIT' is in =
'configure.ac', make sure<br class=3D"">&nbsp;common/Makefile.am:20: =
&nbsp;&nbsp;its definition is in aclocal's search path.<br =
class=3D"">&nbsp;autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D"">But I've seen various reports for other root =
causes that ran into the same<br class=3D"">problem (see bug report)<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D"">Signed-off-by: Christophe de Dinechin &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:dinechin@HIDDEN" =
class=3D"">dinechin@HIDDEN</a>&gt;<br class=3D"">---<br =
class=3D"">bin/autom4te.in | 2 ++<br class=3D"">1 file changed, 2 =
insertions(+)<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">diff --git a/bin/autom4te.in =
b/bin/autom4te.in<br class=3D"">index 964ac1a..b3f3831 100644<br =
class=3D"">--- a/bin/autom4te.in<br class=3D"">+++ b/bin/autom4te.in<br =
class=3D"">@@ -821,6 +821,8 @@ EOF<br class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp;my $traces =
=3D new Autom4te::XFile ($tcache . $req-&gt;id, "&lt;");<br =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp;while ($_ =3D $traces-&gt;getline)<br =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{<br class=3D"">+ =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# Traces without file/line<br class=3D"">+ =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;next if (m{^m4trace: -(\d+)- =
([^(]+)\((.*)$});<br class=3D""></blockquote><br style=3D"font-family: =
Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: =
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: =
0px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; =
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: =
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: =
inline !important;" class=3D"">Would it be better to keep the error =
message, but set the file and line</span><br style=3D"font-family: =
Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: =
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: =
0px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; =
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: =
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: =
inline !important;" class=3D"">to placeholders, instead of completely =
discarding the message?</span><br style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; =
font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; =
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: =
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" =
class=3D""></div></blockquote><div><br class=3D""></div>I had tried, and =
that works too in my case. I.e. you can use if this seems to be =
better:</div><div><br class=3D""></div><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" =
class=3D""><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: =
normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, =
0.882353);" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: =
no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Alternate fix for =
#25740 (error reporting mangles</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D"">&nbsp;messages)</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353); min-height: 13px;" =
class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">The =
symptoms are something like:</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353); min-height: 13px;" =
class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp; =
Use of uninitialized value $msg in concatenation (.) or string at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.</span></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp; =
Use of uninitialized value $stacktrace in pattern match (m//) at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.</span></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp; =
unknown channel m4trace: -1- AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_args, " =
'$ac_arg'")</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: =
no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp; at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Channels.pm line =
638.</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: =
no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; =
Autom4te::Channels::msg('m4trace: -1- AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_args, " =
\'$ac_arg\'")\x{a}', undef, 'warning: ', 'partial', 0) called at =
/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032</span></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353); min-height: =
13px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: =
no-common-ligatures" class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">The =
root cause is m4 traces without a file/line number =
shown.</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353); min-height: 13px;" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">So =
instead of something like:</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353); min-height: 13px;" =
class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp; m4trace:configure.ac:48: -1- =
...</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: =
normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, =
0.882353); min-height: 13px;" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">you =
have something like:</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: =
11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: =
rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353); min-height: 13px;" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp; =
m4trace: -1- ...</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353); min-height: 13px;" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">In the =
scenarios I ran into, this is due to some error that throws m4 =
out.</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: =
no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">Eliminating these messages from the =
temporary m4 file being generated</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">(which =
will not complete anyway) is sufficient for the rest of =
autoconf</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: =
no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">to complete, until it prints =
errors.</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353); min-height: 13px;" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">In my =
case, the final error looks like:</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353); min-height: 13px;" =
class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp; =
common/Makefile.am:20: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is =
undefined</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: =
no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp; common/Makefile.am:20: &nbsp; The =
usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT'</span></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp; =
common/Makefile.am:20: &nbsp; to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and =
'autoconf' again.</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: =
11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: =
rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp; =
common/Makefile.am:20: &nbsp; If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make =
sure</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: =
no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp; common/Makefile.am:20: &nbsp; its =
definition is in aclocal's search path.</span></div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp; =
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1</span></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353); min-height: =
13px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: =
no-common-ligatures" class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">But =
I've seen various reports for other root causes that ran into the =
same</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: =
no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">problem (see bug =
report)</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353); min-height: 13px;" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D"">Signed-off-by: Christophe de Dinechin &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:dinechin@HIDDEN" =
class=3D"">dinechin@HIDDEN</a>&gt;</span></div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D"">---</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: =
no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp;bin/autom4te.in | 4 =
++--</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: =
no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp;1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 =
deletions(-)</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353); min-height: 13px;" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">diff =
--git a/bin/autom4te.in b/bin/autom4te.in</span></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">index =
b3f3831..406ebfe 100644</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">--- =
a/bin/autom4te.in</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: =
11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: =
rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">+++ =
b/bin/autom4te.in</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: =
11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: =
rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">@@ =
-821,8 +821,6 @@ EOF</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: =
11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: =
rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp; my $traces =3D new Autom4te::XFile ($tcache . =
$req-&gt;id, "&lt;");</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: =
11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: =
rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp; while ($_ =3D =
$traces-&gt;getline)</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: =
11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: =
rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; {</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">-&nbsp; =
&nbsp; &nbsp; # Traces without file/line</span></div><div style=3D"margin:=
 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">-&nbsp; =
&nbsp; &nbsp; next if (m{^m4trace: -(\d+)- =
([^(]+)\((.*)$});</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: =
11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: =
rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; # Trace with arguments, as the =
example above.&nbsp; We don't try</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; # to match the trailing =
parenthesis as it might be on a</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; =
background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; # separate line.</span></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">@@ =
-831,6 +829,8 @@ EOF</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: =
11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: =
rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; # Traces without arguments, always =
on a single line.</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: =
11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: =
rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; s{^m4trace:(.+):(\d+): -(\d+)- =
([^)]*)\n$}</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: =
no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {AT_$4([$1], =
[$2], [$3], [$4])\n};</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: =
11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: =
rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">+&nbsp; =
&nbsp; &nbsp; s{^m4trace: -(\d+)- ([^(]+)\((.*)$}</span></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">+ =
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {AT_$2([nowhere], [0], [$1], [$2], =
$3};</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: =
no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; print =
$trace_m4 "$_";</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, =
223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: =
no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; }</span></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp; $trace_m4-&gt;close;</span></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" =
class=3D"">--&nbsp;</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: =
11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: =
rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">2.10.1 =
(Apple Git-78)</span></div></blockquote><div class=3D""><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
Menlo; background-color: rgba(207, 223, 255, 0.882353);" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></span></div></div><div><br class=3D""></div><div>I thought =
discarding lines that did not seem to correspond to any known file was =
more efficient and less risky.</div><div><br class=3D""></div><blockquote =
type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D""><br style=3D"font-family: =
Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: =
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: =
0px;" class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"font-family: =
Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: =
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# Trace with arguments, =
as the example above. &nbsp;We don't try<br =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# to match the trailing =
parenthesis as it might be on a<br =
class=3D"">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# separate line.<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></blockquote><br style=3D"font-family: =
Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: =
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: =
0px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; =
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: =
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: =
inline !important;" class=3D"">--<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><br =
style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; =
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; =
orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: =
none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: =
Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: =
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
float: none; display: inline !important;" class=3D"">Eric Blake =
&nbsp;&nbsp;eblake redhat com =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;+1-919-301-3266</span><br style=3D"font-family: =
Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: =
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: =
0px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; =
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: =
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: =
inline !important;" class=3D"">Libvirt virtualization library<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><a =
href=3D"http://libvirt.org/" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: =
12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: =
normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; =
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: =
auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" =
class=3D"">http://libvirt.org</a></div></blockquote></div><br =
class=3D""></body></html>=

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Reviving an old thread:

On 03/08/2017 01:45 AM, Christophe de Dinechin wrote:

>>> The root cause is m4 traces without a file/line number shown.
>>>
>>> So instead of something like:
>>>
>>>   m4trace:configure.ac:48: -1- ...
>>>
>>> you have something like:
>>>
>>>  m4trace: -1- ...
>>>

>>> +++ b/bin/autom4te.in
>>> @@ -821,6 +821,8 @@ EOF
>>>   my $traces =3D new Autom4te::XFile ($tcache . $req->id, "<");
>>>   while ($_ =3D $traces->getline)
>>>     {
>>> +      # Traces without file/line
>>> +      next if (m{^m4trace: -(\d+)- ([^(]+)\((.*)$});
>>
>> Would it be better to keep the error message, but set the file and lin=
e
>> to placeholders, instead of completely discarding the message?
>=20
> I had tried, and that works too in my case. I.e. you can use if this se=
ems to be better:
>=20
>> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Alternate fix for #25740 (error reporting mangles=

>>  messages)
>>
>> The symptoms are something like:
>>
>>   Use of uninitialized value $msg in concatenation (.) or string at /u=
sr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.
>>   Use of uninitialized value $stacktrace in pattern match (m//) at /us=
r/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032.
>>   unknown channel m4trace: -1- AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure_args, " '$ac=
_arg'")
>>    at /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Channels=
=2Epm line 638.
>>       Autom4te::Channels::msg('m4trace: -1- AS_VAR_APPEND(ac_configure=
_args, " \'$ac_arg\'")\x{a}', undef, 'warning: ', 'partial', 0) called at=
 /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/bin/autom4te line 1032
>>
>> The root cause is m4 traces without a file/line number shown.
>>
>> So instead of something like:
>>
>>    m4trace:configure.ac:48: -1- ...
>>
>> you have something like:
>>
>>   m4trace: -1- ...
>>
>> In the scenarios I ran into, this is due to some error that throws m4 =
out.
>> Eliminating these messages from the temporary m4 file being generated
>> (which will not complete anyway) is sufficient for the rest of autocon=
f
>> to complete, until it prints errors.
>>
>> In my case, the final error looks like:
>>
>>   common/Makefile.am:20: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is =
undefined
>>   common/Makefile.am:20:   The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add=
 'LT_INIT'
>>   common/Makefile.am:20:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'au=
toconf' again.
>>   common/Makefile.am:20:   If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make sur=
e
>>   common/Makefile.am:20:   its definition is in aclocal's search path.=

>>   autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
>>
>> But I've seen various reports for other root causes that ran into the =
same
>> problem (see bug report)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe de Dinechin <dinechin@HIDDEN>
>> ---
>>  bin/autom4te.in | 4 ++--
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/bin/autom4te.in b/bin/autom4te.in
>> index b3f3831..406ebfe 100644
>> --- a/bin/autom4te.in
>> +++ b/bin/autom4te.in
>> @@ -821,8 +821,6 @@ EOF
>>    my $traces =3D new Autom4te::XFile ($tcache . $req->id, "<");
>>    while ($_ =3D $traces->getline)
>>      {
>> -      # Traces without file/line
>> -      next if (m{^m4trace: -(\d+)- ([^(]+)\((.*)$});
>>        # Trace with arguments, as the example above.  We don't try
>>        # to match the trailing parenthesis as it might be on a
>>        # separate line.
>> @@ -831,6 +829,8 @@ EOF
>>        # Traces without arguments, always on a single line.
>>        s{^m4trace:(.+):(\d+): -(\d+)- ([^)]*)\n$}
>>         {AT_$4([$1], [$2], [$3], [$4])\n};
>> +      s{^m4trace: -(\d+)- ([^(]+)\((.*)$}
>> +       {AT_$2([nowhere], [0], [$1], [$2], $3};

Yes, I like this approach better.  I really need to find time to get
autoconf 2.70 out the door...

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I was wondering why this mail ended up on the help-debbugs list.
I see it was reassigned from automake (which uses debbugs.gnu.org) to
autoconf (which doesn't and therefore has no maintainer address).
Bug#25740 should perhaps be dropped from the cc and closed.

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