From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E1C11F4B4 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 22:53:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:54526 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kHxLV-0007Hm-6A for normalperson@yhbt.net; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 18:53:13 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60374) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kHxLS-0007HR-5M for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 18:53:10 -0400 Received: from mo4-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de ([85.215.255.25]:14405) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kHxLP-0005XJ-Cn; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 18:53:09 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1600123983; s=strato-dkim-0002; d=clisp.org; h=References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From: X-RZG-CLASS-ID:X-RZG-AUTH:From:Subject:Sender; bh=KYxCz7+66YLw4fzw8LYJZ7XTaHVMEA1QjIdiIW/PuR0=; b=ezkmlRfqXJ29MkJmV27C9HRLjc2lqRo7BM5gCInmBwdqA/rHlvKe8QKf3CX0AOlSol 2go7fwmhT+hOw473DyTxmLX6YScYdqgyAW1ktOOKfq75Ie1FFACxu3gCJpEtnns9SEpj VZjBVe6TVco0K2sL+COtnrBYg+nDCO47uWvsU0pYnnU9Z73fYHxn5BOLw9XfWKKxy/CM 38vwXJ/igTDGBykETN1ep9hP+3atIQWf3TZdEVFnuWfyJsAtYjr4ySpENHEh9IyEdEMB S3rDG1386adz9TamUE8MR5Iuw3D4rA/8cggMFWv1CUL4f5b50OIEUV571FiEr47wdjWj Crlg== X-RZG-AUTH: ":Ln4Re0+Ic/6oZXR1YgKryK8brlshOcZlIWs+iCP5vnk6shH+AHjwLuWOHqfyyPs=" X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Received: from bruno.haible.de by smtp.strato.de (RZmta 46.10.7 DYNA|AUTH) with ESMTPSA id z05f0fw8EMr2knO (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (curve X9_62_prime256v1 with 256 ECDH bits, eq. 3072 bits RSA)) (Client did not present a certificate); Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:53:02 +0200 (CEST) From: Bruno Haible To: bug-gnulib@gnu.org Subject: Re: Trying to bootstrap my project, distcheck doesn't configure Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:53:01 +0200 Message-ID: <2357683.mymbEOZtgl@omega> User-Agent: KMail/5.1.3 (Linux/4.4.0-189-generic; KDE/5.18.0; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <3d79d3ef-2a5c-c122-09aa-dd55ad460c3b@gnu.org> References: <87d02ob434.fsf@herbrand> <3d79d3ef-2a5c-c122-09aa-dd55ad460c3b@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Received-SPF: none client-ip=85.215.255.25; envelope-from=bruno@clisp.org; helo=mo4-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/14 18:53:03 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, NICE_REPLY_A=-0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: bug-gnulib@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Gnulib discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Mathieu Lirzin Errors-To: bug-gnulib-bounces+normalperson=yhbt.net@gnu.org Sender: "bug-gnulib" Hi Bruce, It would help if you would give a pointer to the source code you are trying to bootstrap. Because a single line in Makefile.am or configure.ac can have a big effect. > >>> do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += timespec.c > >>> do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += unistd.c > >> which trigger error messages that I can get around by hacking in dummy > >> initial assignments, but I'm guessing that's not the intended > >> method. I need a clue, please? Thank you. > > It seems that gnulib-tool inserts these into my Makefile.am, but doesn't > insert the initial plain assignment. I have no idea what new ones may > crop up It is documented here: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/Modified-build-rules.html Bruno