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Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY"

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From: c.buhtz <at> posteo.jp
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY"
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:55:14 +0000

Hello,

beside I'm interested into how to solve that problem (what is IMHO 
off-topic on that list) this message main intention is a bug report to 
improve the output of a configure script.

I have this two errors (?) running "configure". It is unclear what they 
are mean. Even if I look into the "configure" script the meaning is 
unclear to me.

    ./configure: line 5063: gl_PROG_CC_C99: command not found
    ./configure: line 5196: gl_EARLY: command not found

Please improve the output of the script to make it easier to understand 
it for the users, to prevent further support questions and lower the 
workload for emacs "support channels".

To reproduce:

I cloned from git and switch to "emacs-29" branch. The machine is a 
Raspberry Pi4 with Debian 11 (pure Debian, not rasbian).

Because the configure script is missing (bug-report exists) I checked 
the content of "configure.ac". It points out to use "autoconf" to 
generate such a script. I did.

$ autoconf
configure.ac:55: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_ECHO
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use 
m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:1777: error: possibly undefined macro: m4_default

Two errors are there. I don't understand. But a "./configure" was 
created. So I tried.

$ ./configure
checking for xcrun... no
checking for GNU Make... make
checking build system type... aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
./configure: line 5063: gl_PROG_CC_C99: command not found
checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
./configure: line 5196: gl_EARLY: command not found
checking whether gcc accepts -g3 -O2... yes
checking whether the compiler is clang... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
./configure: line 5555: syntax error near unexpected token `-Wno-switch'
./configure: line 5555: `     gl_WARN_ADD(-Wno-switch)'

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

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: c.buhtz <at> posteo.jp
Cc: 62482 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and
 "gl_EARLY"
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:23:23 +0200

Please read INSTALL.REPO.

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Message #14 received at 62482 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: c.buhtz <at> posteo.jp
Cc: 62482 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and
 "gl_EARLY"
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:25:14 +0000

>
> I have this two errors (?) running "configure". It is unclear what they 
> are mean. Even if I look into the "configure" script the meaning is 
> unclear to me.
>
>    ./configure: line 5063: gl_PROG_CC_C99: command not found
>    ./configure: line 5196: gl_EARLY: command not found
>

Do you see these errors if you use "./autogen.sh", as explained in the 
INSTALL.REPO file?

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

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: 62482 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and
 "gl_EARLY"
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:54:08 +0300

tags 62482 notabug
thanks

> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:55:14 +0000
> From: c.buhtz <at> posteo.jp
> 
> Hello,
> 
> beside I'm interested into how to solve that problem (what is IMHO 
> off-topic on that list) this message main intention is a bug report to 
> improve the output of a configure script.
> 
> I have this two errors (?) running "configure". It is unclear what they 
> are mean. Even if I look into the "configure" script the meaning is 
> unclear to me.
> 
>      ./configure: line 5063: gl_PROG_CC_C99: command not found
>      ./configure: line 5196: gl_EARLY: command not found
> 
> Please improve the output of the script to make it easier to understand 
> it for the users, to prevent further support questions and lower the 
> workload for emacs "support channels".
> 
> To reproduce:
> 
> I cloned from git and switch to "emacs-29" branch. The machine is a 
> Raspberry Pi4 with Debian 11 (pure Debian, not rasbian).
> 
> Because the configure script is missing (bug-report exists) I checked 
> the content of "configure.ac". It points out to use "autoconf" to 
> generate such a script. I did.
> 
> $ autoconf
> configure.ac:55: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_ECHO
>        If this token and others are legitimate, please use 
> m4_pattern_allow.
>        See the Autoconf documentation.
> configure.ac:1777: error: possibly undefined macro: m4_default

Please read INSTALL.REPO, which tells you to run ./autogen.sh script
instead.  Then such errors ought not to happen.

Message #25 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
To: 62482 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62482: Acknowledgement (Unclear configure errors about
 "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and "gl_EARLY")
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:18:14 +0300

* GNU bug Tracking System <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> [2023-03-27 17:35]:
> Thank you for filing a new bug report with debbugs.gnu.org.

> If you wish to submit further information on this problem, please
> send it to 62482 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

I do not understand why am I receiving the confirmation of bug report
I have not filed.

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Jean

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Message #33 received at 62482-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 62482-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62482: Unclear configure errors about "gl_PROG_CC_C99" and
 "gl_EARLY"
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2023 03:37:38 -0700

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> tags 62482 notabug
> thanks
[...]
>
> Please read INSTALL.REPO, which tells you to run ./autogen.sh script
> instead.  Then such errors ought not to happen.

I'm therefore closing this bug report.

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