[sr #111396] autoheader check needs to handle ancient header

Sam James <[email protected]> Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:29:03 -0400 (EDT)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
--8323329-1714636915-1774128543=:3336692
Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE
Content-Disposition: inline

URL:=0A  <https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?111396>=0A=0A                 S=
ummary: autoheader check needs to handle ancient header=0A                 =
  Group: Autoconf=0A               Submitter: thesamesam=0A               S=
ubmitted: Sat 21 Mar 2026 09:28:59 PM UTC=0A                Priority: 5 - U=
nprioritized=0A                Severity: 3 - Normal=0A                  Sta=
tus: None=0A                 Privacy: Public=0A             Assigned to: No=
ne=0A        Originator Email:=0A             Open/Closed: Open=0A         =
Discussion Lock: Unlocked=0A        Operating System: None=0A=0A=0A    ____=
___________________________________________________=0A=0AFollow-up Comments=
:=0A=0A=0A-------------------------------------------------------=0ADate: S=
at 21 Mar 2026 09:28:59 PM UTC By: Sam James <thesamesam>=0AWe had some rep=
orts w/ autoconf-2.73 of maintainer mode being triggered after=0Arunning au=
toconf + autoheader, like in https://bugs.gentoo.org/971412.=0A=0Aaview's c=
onfig.h.in has:=0A=0A/* config.h.in.  Generated automatically from configur=
e.in by autoheader.  */=0A=0A=0Awhile the regex in autoheader is:=0A=0A    =
    && $firstline !~ /^\/\* .*\.  Generated from .* by autoheader\.=0A\*\//=
=0A=0A=0Ai.e. missing 'automatically'. 'automatically' was dropped back in =
2001:=0A=0Acommit e4ac3572288a3f24ff9915eb7a7d96159f9fa087=0AAuthor: Akim D=
emaille <[email protected]>   [undefined N]=0ADate:   Fri Oct 19 17:34:53 2001 =
+0000=0A=0A=0AChanging the regex to jam in 'automatically' to quickly test =
works, I didn't=0Ayet try a proper replacement.=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A    =
_______________________________________________________=0A=0AReply to this =
item at:=0A=0A  <https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?111396>=0A=0A___________=
____________________________________=0AMessage sent via Savannah=0Ahttps://=
savannah.gnu.org/=0A
--8323329-1714636915-1774128543=:3336692
Content-Type: APPLICATION/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----

iHUEABYIAB0WIQQk97aszIMMAvLLwm6qLAuaBUf3TgUCab8NnwAKCRCqLAuaBUf3
Th6qAP93FMeKzXmQocm0JYNlnpjDJRSpH4G+cp7UpvlfXPHhyAEAtsdkXt2H4BTk
ibasLZ+TcV3SQMMSv9Xm1b3V6NpP8gY=
=fs1D
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--8323329-1714636915-1774128543=:3336692--