Bug 8155 - autoconf-2.5 don't recognize macro AC_MSG_ERROR in ntfsprogs configure.ac
Summary: autoconf-2.5 don't recognize macro AC_MSG_ERROR in ntfsprogs configure.ac
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Sisyphus
Classification: Development
Component: autoconf_2.5 (show other bugs)
Version: unstable
Hardware: all Linux
: P2 normal
Assignee: Dmitry V. Levin
QA Contact: qa-sisyphus
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Reported: 2005-10-06 17:40 MSD by Yura Pakhuchiy
Modified: 2005-10-07 23:46 MSD (History)
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Description Yura Pakhuchiy 2005-10-06 17:40:53 MSD 
Autoconf failed to generate scripts for ntfsprogs

[yura@pc299 ntfsprogs-build]$ ./autogen.sh
Running autoreconf --verbose --install
autoreconf-default: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf-default: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf-default: running: aclocal --force
autoreconf-default: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf-default: running: libtoolize --copy --force
autoreconf-default: running: /usr/bin/autoconf-2.5 --force
configure.ac:147: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:149: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_WARN
autoreconf-default: /usr/bin/autoconf-2.5 failed with exit status: 1
**Warning**: I am going to run `configure' with no arguments.
If you wish to pass any to it, please specify them on the
`./autogen.sh' command line.

Running ./configure ...
configure: error: cannot find install-sh or install.sh in . ./.. ./../..

[yura@pc299 ntfsprogs-build]$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.9.5
[...]

[yura@pc299 ntfsprogs-build]$ autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
[..]
Steps to Reproduce:
1. download ntfsprogs sources
2. run autogen.sh from package root source

Actual Results:  
error:
configure.ac:147: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.


Expected Results:  
generated confugure files
Comment 1 Dmitry V. Levin 2005-10-06 18:50:57 MSD 
AC_MSG_ERROR works for me, so it looks like ntfsprogs-specific issue, probably
quotation error in its configure.ac file.
Comment 2 Andrey Rahmatullin 2005-10-06 19:06:59 MSD 
Not reproducible with ntfsprogs 1.11.2 and autoconf_2.5-2.59-alt4.
Btw, configure.ac:147 doesn't contain any macros.
Comment 3 Yura Pakhuchiy 2005-10-07 16:14:46 MSD 
Autoconf reports about error and warning in lines 137 and 139 respectively with
ntfsprogs 1.11.2.

It seems that meesage from autoconf is incorrect, in fact problem was in missing
pkg-config package. autoconf started work properly after I had installed it.

Sorry for noise.
Comment 4 Dmitry V. Levin 2005-10-07 16:23:47 MSD 
autoconf is not aware of pkg-config.
Comment 5 Yura Pakhuchiy 2005-10-07 19:20:15 MSD 
configire.ac from ntfsprogs use PKG_CHECK_MODULES, thus generation depends on
pkg-config
Comment 6 Andrey Rahmatullin 2005-10-07 21:06:57 MSD 
(In reply to comment #5)
> configire.ac from ntfsprogs use PKG_CHECK_MODULES, thus generation depends on
> pkg-config
I don't understand your problem.
ntfsprogs compiles normally without calling autoreconf or autogen.sh.
Comment 7 Yura Pakhuchiy 2005-10-07 23:46:47 MSD 
No problem at present. I just said that autoconf message is obfuscating after I
had discovered where real problem was.