gnulib bootstrap fails in wget

[Misty De Meo-3]

Hi,

Commit d0f486f09869cad33c4a7039d88e45fedd815c23 (which removed several
automake scripts) introduced a regression which causes the bootstrap
script to fail while bootstrapping wget. I haven't debugged this in
depth (the bootstrap script exits 1 with no informative message), but
I can confirm that if I revert gnulib prior to this commit it works
properly. I've confirmed the failure both on Mac OS X and on Ubuntu.

I haven't verified whether this causes problems in other GNU projects,
but I would assume so. I've only used gnulib via wget's bootstrap
script.

Thanks,
Misty

[eblake]

On 07/03/2012 02:06 PM, Misty De Meo wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Commit d0f486f09869cad33c4a7039d88e45fedd815c23 (which removed several
> automake scripts) introduced a regression which causes the bootstrap
> script to fail while bootstrapping wget. I haven't debugged this in
> depth (the bootstrap script exits 1 with no informative message), but
> I can confirm that if I revert gnulib prior to this commit it works
> properly. I've confirmed the failure both on Mac OS X and on Ubuntu.
>
> I haven't verified whether this causes problems in other GNU projects,
> but I would assume so. I've only used gnulib via wget's bootstrap
> script.

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-07/msg00026.html

Yes, other projects were affected, and yes, it has been fixed in the
meantime.  Update to newer gnulib and you will get past the problem.

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