Bug 258 – configure cannot be regenerated by Autoconf > 2.59

Bug 258 - configure cannot be regenerated by Autoconf > 2.59


Summary:	configure cannot be regenerated by Autoconf > 2.59

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Sudo
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Configure
Version:	1.7.0
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	low normal
Assigned To:	Todd C. Miller

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Depends on:
Blocks:
	Show dependency tree / graph

Reported:	2007-08-24 09:29 MDT by Stepan Kasal
Modified:	2007-08-24 09:51 MDT (History)
CC List:	0 users

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the patch from branch-2-0 of libtool cvs (2.19 KB, patch) 2007-08-24 09:29 MDT, Stepan Kasal	Details \| Diff
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Description Stepan Kasal 2007-08-24 09:29:04 MDT

Created attachment 212 [details]
the patch from branch-2-0 of libtool cvs

When I try to run autoconf, I get the following message:

/usr/bin/m4:configure.in:2321: ERROR: recursion limit of 1024 exceeded, use -L<N> to change it
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1

The reason is that libtool-1.9f used by sudo is not compatible with Autoconf > 2.59.  A patch for this problem has been committed to the corresponding branch in the libtool CVS (branch-2-0).  Unfortunately, no release has been made on that branch since 1.9f.

The fix can be extracted this way:
  export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/libtool
  cvs -z3 co -r branch-2-0 libtool/m4
  cvs diff -u -r 1.2.2.1 libtool/m4/ltsugar.m4 >ltsugar.m4.patch

Attached please find ltsugar.m4.patch, which contains the resulting diff, together with the corresponding changelog entries.
Apply is as follows:
  patch -i ltsugar.m4.patch acsite.m4

A more detailed explanation is in https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-August/msg01757.html

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2007-08-24 09:51:13 MDT

Thanks, I've committed the fix to the sudo cvs head and the 1.6.9 branch.