GNU bug report logs - #42652
emacs-27.1-rc1 and configure error on Solaris 11.3

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From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: emacs-27.1-rc1 and configure error on Solaris 11.3
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 11:26:27 -0400

Hi Everyone,

I'm testing emacs-27.1-rc1 on Solaris 11.3 i86pc.

I'm catching the following error during configure. I believe it is due
to --without-selinux:

    configure: error: invalid package name: selinux

There is no config.log to offer.

It seems like configure should accept --without-selinux on platforms
that don't have SElinux.

Jeff

Message #8 received at 42652 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: noloader <at> gmail.com
Cc: 42652 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42652: emacs-27.1-rc1 and configure error on Solaris 11.3
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2020 18:43:12 +0300

> From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 11:26:27 -0400
> 
> I'm testing emacs-27.1-rc1 on Solaris 11.3 i86pc.
> 
> I'm catching the following error during configure. I believe it is due
> to --without-selinux:
> 
>     configure: error: invalid package name: selinux

My reading of configure is that this error message is emitted when
some --without-* option uses characters that are not permitted in
shell variable names.  Not sure why this is triggered in your case.

Message #11 received at 42652 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 42652 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42652: emacs-27.1-rc1 and configure error on Solaris 11.3
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 11:52:28 -0400

On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 11:43 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 11:26:27 -0400
> >
> > I'm testing emacs-27.1-rc1 on Solaris 11.3 i86pc.
> >
> > I'm catching the following error during configure. I believe it is due
> > to --without-selinux:
> >
> >     configure: error: invalid package name: selinux
>
> My reading of configure is that this error message is emitted when
> some --without-* option uses characters that are not permitted in
> shell variable names.  Not sure why this is triggered in your case.

Oh, you're right. There was a trailing space in '--without-selinux '.

Cancel this noise.

Jeff

Message #14 received at 42652 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Werner LEMBERG <wl <at> gnu.org>
To: noloader <at> gmail.com
Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org, 42652 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42652: emacs-27.1-rc1 and configure error on Solaris 11.3
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2020 18:01:03 +0200 (CEST)

>> >     configure: error: invalid package name: selinux
>
> Oh, you're right. There was a trailing space in '--without-selinux '.

Note sure what package is responsible for the error message, but I
think it would help if the package name gets quoted to avoid such
problems:

  configure: error: invalid package name: 'selinux '


    Werner

Message #19 received at 42652-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: noloader <at> gmail.com
Cc: 42652-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42652: emacs-27.1-rc1 and configure error on Solaris 11.3
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2020 19:41:40 +0300

> From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 11:52:28 -0400
> Cc: 42652 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > My reading of configure is that this error message is emitted when
> > some --without-* option uses characters that are not permitted in
> > shell variable names.  Not sure why this is triggered in your case.
> 
> Oh, you're right. There was a trailing space in '--without-selinux '.
> 
> Cancel this noise.

Thanks, closing.

Message #22 received at 42652 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Werner LEMBERG <wl <at> gnu.org>
Cc: noloader <at> gmail.com, 42652 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42652: emacs-27.1-rc1 and configure error on Solaris 11.3
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2020 17:52:08 +0300

> Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2020 18:01:03 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Werner LEMBERG <wl <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org, 42652 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> 
> >> >     configure: error: invalid package name: selinux
> >
> > Oh, you're right. There was a trailing space in '--without-selinux '.
> 
> Note sure what package is responsible for the error message, but I
> think it would help if the package name gets quoted to avoid such
> problems:
> 
>   configure: error: invalid package name: 'selinux '

I tend to agree, but please report this to the Autoconf folks, because
AFAIU we just use AC_ARG_WITH here.

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