[sr #110397] autoconf 2.70: autotest.m4 error

FX <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
Follow-up Comment #6, sr #110397 (project autoconf):

Without patch, outside of homebrew, installing automake 1.16.3 with autoconf
2.70 fails:


rmeur /tmp/autoconf-2.70 $ ./configure --prefix=/tmp
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin20.1.0
checking host system type... x86_64-apple-darwin20.1.0
configure: autobuild project... GNU Autoconf
configure: autobuild revision... 2.70
configure: autobuild hostname... rmeur.local
configure: autobuild timestamp... 20201209T072029Z
checking for a shell whose -n mode is known to work... /bin/sh
checking for characters that cannot appear in file names... none
checking whether directories can have trailing spaces... yes
checking for expr... /bin/expr
checking for GNU M4 that supports accurate traces... /usr/bin/m4
checking whether /usr/bin/m4 accepts --gnu... no
configure: WARNING: the version of M4 that was found does not support -g
configure: WARNING: using it with POSIXLY_CORRECT set may cause problems
checking how m4 supports trace files... --error-output
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking whether /usr/bin/perl Fcntl::flock is implemented... yes
checking for emacs... no
checking for xemacs... no
checking for emacs... no
checking where .elc files should go... ${datadir}/emacs/site-lisp
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/local/bin/ggrep
checking for egrep... /usr/local/bin/ggrep -E
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking whether make is case sensitive... yes
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating tests/atlocal
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing tests/atconfig commands
rmeur /tmp/autoconf-2.70 $ make install
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make  install-am
rm -f bin/autom4te bin/autom4te.tmp
./build-aux/install-sh -c -d bin
srcdir=''; \
	  test -f ./bin/autom4te.in || srcdir=./; \
	  sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e
's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/tmp/bin|g' -e
's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/tmp/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/tmp|g' -e
's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@M4[@]|/usr/bin/m4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--error-output|g' -e
's|@M4_GNU[@]||g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|awk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2020|g' -e
's|@VERSION[@]|2.70|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e
's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from bin/autom4te.in; do not edit by hand.|g'
${srcdir}bin/autom4te.in >bin/autom4te.tmp
chmod +x bin/autom4te.tmp
chmod a-w bin/autom4te.tmp
mv bin/autom4te.tmp bin/autom4te
rm -f lib/autom4te.cfg lib/autom4te.cfg-t
./build-aux/install-sh -c -d lib
sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e
's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/tmp/bin|g' -e
's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/tmp/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/tmp|g' -e
's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@M4[@]|/usr/bin/m4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--error-output|g' -e
's|@M4_GNU[@]||g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|awk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2020|g' -e
's|@VERSION[@]|2.70|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e
's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from lib/autom4te.cfg.in; do not edit by
hand.|g' ./lib/autom4te.in >lib/autom4te.cfg-t
chmod a-w lib/autom4te.cfg-t
mv -f lib/autom4te.cfg-t lib/autom4te.cfg
./build-aux/install-sh -c -d lib/m4sugar
:;{ \
	  echo '# This file is part of -*- Autoconf -*-.' && \
	  echo '# Version of Autoconf.' && \
	  echo '# Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009' && \
	  echo '# Free Software Foundation, Inc.' && \
	  echo  &&\
	  echo 'm4_define([m4_PACKAGE_NAME],      [GNU Autoconf])' && \
	  echo 'm4_define([m4_PACKAGE_TARNAME],   [autoconf])' && \
	  echo 'm4_define([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION],   [2.70])' && \
	  echo 'm4_define([m4_PACKAGE_STRING],    [GNU Autoconf 2.70])' && \
	  echo 'm4_define([m4_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT], [[email protected]])' && \
	  echo 'm4_define([m4_PACKAGE_URL],      
[https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/])' && \
	  echo 'm4_define([m4_PACKAGE_YEAR],      [2020])'; \
	} > lib/m4sugar/version.m4-t
mv lib/m4sugar/version.m4-t lib/m4sugar/version.m4
autom4te_perllibdir='.'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='lib/autom4te.cfg'        
bin/autom4te -B ''lib -B '.'/lib         --language M4sh --cache '' \
	  --melt ./bin/autoconf.as -o bin/autoconf.in
rm -f bin/autoconf bin/autoconf.tmp
./build-aux/install-sh -c -d bin
srcdir=''; \
	  test -f ./bin/autoconf.in || srcdir=./; \
	  sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e
's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/tmp/bin|g' -e
's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/tmp/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/tmp|g' -e
's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@M4[@]|/usr/bin/m4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--error-output|g' -e
's|@M4_GNU[@]||g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|awk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2020|g' -e
's|@VERSION[@]|2.70|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e
's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from bin/autoconf.in; do not edit by hand.|g'
${srcdir}bin/autoconf.in >bin/autoconf.tmp
chmod +x bin/autoconf.tmp
chmod a-w bin/autoconf.tmp
mv bin/autoconf.tmp bin/autoconf
rm -f bin/autoheader bin/autoheader.tmp
./build-aux/install-sh -c -d bin
srcdir=''; \
	  test -f ./bin/autoheader.in || srcdir=./; \
	  sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e
's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/tmp/bin|g' -e
's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/tmp/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/tmp|g' -e
's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@M4[@]|/usr/bin/m4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--error-output|g' -e
's|@M4_GNU[@]||g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|awk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2020|g' -e
's|@VERSION[@]|2.70|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e
's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from bin/autoheader.in; do not edit by
hand.|g' ${srcdir}bin/autoheader.in >bin/autoheader.tmp
chmod +x bin/autoheader.tmp
chmod a-w bin/autoheader.tmp
mv bin/autoheader.tmp bin/autoheader
rm -f bin/autoreconf bin/autoreconf.tmp
./build-aux/install-sh -c -d bin
srcdir=''; \
	  test -f ./bin/autoreconf.in || srcdir=./; \
	  sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e
's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/tmp/bin|g' -e
's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/tmp/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/tmp|g' -e
's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@M4[@]|/usr/bin/m4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--error-output|g' -e
's|@M4_GNU[@]||g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|awk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2020|g' -e
's|@VERSION[@]|2.70|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e
's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from bin/autoreconf.in; do not edit by
hand.|g' ${srcdir}bin/autoreconf.in >bin/autoreconf.tmp
chmod +x bin/autoreconf.tmp
chmod a-w bin/autoreconf.tmp
mv bin/autoreconf.tmp bin/autoreconf
rm -f bin/autoscan bin/autoscan.tmp
./build-aux/install-sh -c -d bin
srcdir=''; \
	  test -f ./bin/autoscan.in || srcdir=./; \
	  sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e
's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/tmp/bin|g' -e
's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/tmp/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/tmp|g' -e
's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@M4[@]|/usr/bin/m4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--error-output|g' -e
's|@M4_GNU[@]||g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|awk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2020|g' -e
's|@VERSION[@]|2.70|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e
's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from bin/autoscan.in; do not edit by hand.|g'
${srcdir}bin/autoscan.in >bin/autoscan.tmp
chmod +x bin/autoscan.tmp
chmod a-w bin/autoscan.tmp
mv bin/autoscan.tmp bin/autoscan
rm -f bin/autoupdate bin/autoupdate.tmp
./build-aux/install-sh -c -d bin
srcdir=''; \
	  test -f ./bin/autoupdate.in || srcdir=./; \
	  sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e
's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/tmp/bin|g' -e
's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/tmp/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/tmp|g' -e
's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@M4[@]|/usr/bin/m4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--error-output|g' -e
's|@M4_GNU[@]||g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|awk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2020|g' -e
's|@VERSION[@]|2.70|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e
's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from bin/autoupdate.in; do not edit by
hand.|g' ${srcdir}bin/autoupdate.in >bin/autoupdate.tmp
chmod +x bin/autoupdate.tmp
chmod a-w bin/autoupdate.tmp
mv bin/autoupdate.tmp bin/autoupdate
rm -f bin/ifnames bin/ifnames.tmp
./build-aux/install-sh -c -d bin
srcdir=''; \
	  test -f ./bin/ifnames.in || srcdir=./; \
	  sed -e 's|@SHELL[@]|/bin/sh|g' -e 's|@PERL[@]|/usr/bin/perl|g' -e
's|@PERL_FLOCK[@]|yes|g' -e 's|@bindir[@]|/tmp/bin|g' -e
's|@pkgdatadir[@]|/tmp/share/autoconf|g' -e 's|@prefix[@]|/tmp|g' -e
's|@autoconf-name[@]|'`echo autoconf | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autoheader-name[@]|'`echo autoheader | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@autom4te-name[@]|'`echo autom4te | sed 's,x,x,'`'|g' -e
's|@M4[@]|/usr/bin/m4|g' -e 's|@M4_DEBUGFILE[@]|--error-output|g' -e
's|@M4_GNU[@]||g' -e 's|@AWK[@]|awk|g' -e 's|@RELEASE_YEAR[@]|2020|g' -e
's|@VERSION[@]|2.70|g' -e 's|@PACKAGE_NAME[@]|GNU Autoconf|g' -e
's|@configure_input[@]|Generated from bin/ifnames.in; do not edit by hand.|g'
${srcdir}bin/ifnames.in >bin/ifnames.tmp
chmod +x bin/ifnames.tmp
chmod a-w bin/ifnames.tmp
mv bin/ifnames.tmp bin/ifnames
autom4te_perllibdir='.'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='lib/autom4te.cfg'        
bin/autom4te -B ''lib -B '.'/lib         --language=M4sh ./tests/wrapper.as -o
tests/wrapper.in
rm -f tests/autoconf tests/autoconf.tmp
input=tests/wrapper.in \
	  && sed -e 's|@wrap_program[@]|autoconf|g' -e
's|@abs_top_srcdir[@]|/tmp/autoconf-2.70|g' -e
's|@abs_top_builddir[@]|/tmp/autoconf-2.70|g' -e
"s|@configure_input[@]|Generated from $input.|g" tests/wrapper.in
>tests/autoconf.tmp
chmod +x tests/autoconf.tmp
chmod a-w tests/autoconf.tmp
mv -f tests/autoconf.tmp tests/autoconf
rm -f tests/autoheader tests/autoheader.tmp
input=tests/wrapper.in \
	  && sed -e 's|@wrap_program[@]|autoheader|g' -e
's|@abs_top_srcdir[@]|/tmp/autoconf-2.70|g' -e
's|@abs_top_builddir[@]|/tmp/autoconf-2.70|g' -e
"s|@configure_input[@]|Generated from $input.|g" tests/wrapper.in
>tests/autoheader.tmp
chmod +x tests/autoheader.tmp
chmod a-w tests/autoheader.tmp
mv -f tests/autoheader.tmp tests/autoheader
rm -f tests/autom4te tests/autom4te.tmp
input=tests/wrapper.in \
	  && sed -e 's|@wrap_program[@]|autom4te|g' -e
's|@abs_top_srcdir[@]|/tmp/autoconf-2.70|g' -e
's|@abs_top_builddir[@]|/tmp/autoconf-2.70|g' -e
"s|@configure_input[@]|Generated from $input.|g" tests/wrapper.in
>tests/autom4te.tmp
chmod +x tests/autom4te.tmp
chmod a-w tests/autom4te.tmp
mv -f tests/autom4te.tmp tests/autom4te
rm -f tests/autoreconf tests/autoreconf.tmp
input=tests/wrapper.in \
	  && sed -e 's|@wrap_program[@]|autoreconf|g' -e
's|@abs_top_srcdir[@]|/tmp/autoconf-2.70|g' -e
's|@abs_top_builddir[@]|/tmp/autoconf-2.70|g' -e
"s|@configure_input[@]|Generated from $input.|g" tests/wrapper.in
>tests/autoreconf.tmp
chmod +x tests/autoreconf.tmp
chmod a-w tests/autoreconf.tmp
mv -f tests/autoreconf.tmp tests/autoreconf
rm -f tests/autoscan tests/autoscan.tmp
input=tests/wrapper.in \
	  && sed -e 's|@wrap_program[@]|autoscan|g' -e
's|@abs_top_srcdir[@]|/tmp/autoconf-2.70|g' -e
's|@abs_top_builddir[@]|/tmp/autoconf-2.70|g' -e
"s|@configure_input[@]|Generated from $input.|g" tests/wrapper.in
>tests/autoscan.tmp
chmod +x tests/autoscan.tmp
chmod a-w tests/autoscan.tmp
mv -f tests/autoscan.tmp tests/autoscan
rm -f tests/autoupdate tests/autoupdate.tmp
input=tests/wrapper.in \
	  && sed -e 's|@wrap_program[@]|autoupdate|g' -e
's|@abs_top_srcdir[@]|/tmp/autoconf-2.70|g' -e
's|@abs_top_builddir[@]|/tmp/autoconf-2.70|g' -e
"s|@configure_input[@]|Generated from $input.|g" tests/wrapper.in
>tests/autoupdate.tmp
chmod +x tests/autoupdate.tmp
chmod a-w tests/autoupdate.tmp
mv -f tests/autoupdate.tmp tests/autoupdate
rm -f tests/ifnames tests/ifnames.tmp
input=tests/wrapper.in \
	  && sed -e 's|@wrap_program[@]|ifnames|g' -e
's|@abs_top_srcdir[@]|/tmp/autoconf-2.70|g' -e
's|@abs_top_builddir[@]|/tmp/autoconf-2.70|g' -e
"s|@configure_input[@]|Generated from $input.|g" tests/wrapper.in
>tests/ifnames.tmp
chmod +x tests/ifnames.tmp
chmod a-w tests/ifnames.tmp
mv -f tests/ifnames.tmp tests/ifnames
if test 'no' != no; then \
	  am__dir=. am__subdir_includes=''; \
	  case lib/emacs/autoconf-mode.elc in */*) \
	    am__dir=`echo 'lib/emacs/autoconf-mode.elc' | sed 's,/[^/]*$,,'`; \
	    am__subdir_includes="-L $am__dir -L ./$am__dir"; \
	  esac; \
	  test -d "$am__dir" || ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d "$am__dir" || exit 1; \
	  no --batch \
	      \
	    $am__subdir_includes -L . -L . \
	    --eval '(if (boundp (quote byte-compile-dest-file-function)) (setq
byte-compile-dest-file-function (lambda (_) "lib/emacs/autoconf-mode.elc"))
(defun byte-compile-dest-file (_) "lib/emacs/autoconf-mode.elc") )' \
	    -f batch-byte-compile 'lib/emacs/autoconf-mode.el'; \
	else :; fi
if test 'no' != no; then \
	  am__dir=. am__subdir_includes=''; \
	  case lib/emacs/autotest-mode.elc in */*) \
	    am__dir=`echo 'lib/emacs/autotest-mode.elc' | sed 's,/[^/]*$,,'`; \
	    am__subdir_includes="-L $am__dir -L ./$am__dir"; \
	  esac; \
	  test -d "$am__dir" || ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d "$am__dir" || exit 1; \
	  no --batch \
	      \
	    $am__subdir_includes -L . -L . \
	    --eval '(if (boundp (quote byte-compile-dest-file-function)) (setq
byte-compile-dest-file-function (lambda (_) "lib/emacs/autotest-mode.elc"))
(defun byte-compile-dest-file (_) "lib/emacs/autotest-mode.elc") )' \
	    -f batch-byte-compile 'lib/emacs/autotest-mode.el'; \
	else :; fi
./build-aux/install-sh -c -d lib/autoconf
lang=`echo 'lib/autoconf/autoconf' | sed 's,.*/,,'` \
	  && if test $lang = autoconf; then \
	       lang=autoconf-without-aclocal-m4; \
	     else :; fi \
	  && autom4te_perllibdir='.'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='lib/autom4te.cfg'        
bin/autom4te -B ''lib -B '.'/lib         \
		--language=$lang \
		--freeze \
		--output=lib/autoconf/autoconf.m4f
./build-aux/install-sh -c -d lib/autoscan
echo '# Automatically Generated: do not edit this file'
>lib/autoscan/autoscan.list
sed '/^[#]/!q' ./lib/autoscan/autoscan.pre >>lib/autoscan/autoscan.list
( \
	  sed -n '/^[^#]/p' ./lib/autoscan/autoscan.pre; \
	  autom4te_perllibdir='.'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='lib/autom4te.cfg'        
bin/autom4te -B ''lib -B '.'/lib         --cache '' -M -l
autoconf-without-aclocal-m4 \
	    -t'AN_OUTPUT:$1: $2		$3' \
	) | LC_ALL=C sort >>lib/autoscan/autoscan.list
./build-aux/install-sh -c -d lib/autotest
lang=`echo 'lib/autotest/autotest' | sed 's,.*/,,'` \
	  && if test $lang = autoconf; then \
	       lang=autoconf-without-aclocal-m4; \
	     else :; fi \
	  && autom4te_perllibdir='.'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='lib/autom4te.cfg'        
bin/autom4te -B ''lib -B '.'/lib         \
		--language=$lang \
		--freeze \
		--output=lib/autotest/autotest.m4f
./build-aux/install-sh -c -d lib/m4sugar
lang=`echo 'lib/m4sugar/m4sugar' | sed 's,.*/,,'` \
	  && if test $lang = autoconf; then \
	       lang=autoconf-without-aclocal-m4; \
	     else :; fi \
	  && autom4te_perllibdir='.'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='lib/autom4te.cfg'        
bin/autom4te -B ''lib -B '.'/lib         \
		--language=$lang \
		--freeze \
		--output=lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4f
./build-aux/install-sh -c -d lib/m4sugar
lang=`echo 'lib/m4sugar/m4sh' | sed 's,.*/,,'` \
	  && if test $lang = autoconf; then \
	       lang=autoconf-without-aclocal-m4; \
	     else :; fi \
	  && autom4te_perllibdir='.'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='lib/autom4te.cfg'        
bin/autom4te -B ''lib -B '.'/lib         \
		--language=$lang \
		--freeze \
		--output=lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4f
 ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d '/tmp/bin'
 /usr/bin/install -c bin/autoconf bin/autoheader bin/autom4te bin/autoreconf
bin/autoscan bin/autoupdate bin/ifnames '/tmp/bin'
 ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d '/tmp/share/autoconf/autoconf'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 lib/autoconf/autoconf.m4 lib/autoconf/general.m4
lib/autoconf/status.m4 lib/autoconf/oldnames.m4 lib/autoconf/specific.m4
lib/autoconf/autoheader.m4 lib/autoconf/autoupdate.m4 lib/autoconf/autotest.m4
lib/autoconf/autoscan.m4 lib/autoconf/lang.m4 lib/autoconf/c.m4
lib/autoconf/erlang.m4 lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 lib/autoconf/functions.m4
lib/autoconf/go.m4 lib/autoconf/headers.m4 lib/autoconf/types.m4
lib/autoconf/libs.m4 lib/autoconf/programs.m4 lib/autoconf/trailer.m4
'/tmp/share/autoconf/autoconf'
 ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d '/tmp/share/autoconf/autotest'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 lib/autotest/autotest.m4 lib/autotest/general.m4
lib/autotest/specific.m4 '/tmp/share/autoconf/autotest'
 ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d '/tmp/share/autoconf/build-aux'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 build-aux/config.guess build-aux/config.sub
build-aux/install-sh '/tmp/share/autoconf/build-aux'
if test 'no' != no; then \
	  am__dir=. am__subdir_includes=''; \
	  case lib/emacs/autoconf-mode.elc in */*) \
	    am__dir=`echo 'lib/emacs/autoconf-mode.elc' | sed 's,/[^/]*$,,'`; \
	    am__subdir_includes="-L $am__dir -L ./$am__dir"; \
	  esac; \
	  test -d "$am__dir" || ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d "$am__dir" || exit 1; \
	  no --batch \
	      \
	    $am__subdir_includes -L . -L . \
	    --eval '(if (boundp (quote byte-compile-dest-file-function)) (setq
byte-compile-dest-file-function (lambda (_) "lib/emacs/autoconf-mode.elc"))
(defun byte-compile-dest-file (_) "lib/emacs/autoconf-mode.elc") )' \
	    -f batch-byte-compile 'lib/emacs/autoconf-mode.el'; \
	else :; fi
if test 'no' != no; then \
	  am__dir=. am__subdir_includes=''; \
	  case lib/emacs/autotest-mode.elc in */*) \
	    am__dir=`echo 'lib/emacs/autotest-mode.elc' | sed 's,/[^/]*$,,'`; \
	    am__subdir_includes="-L $am__dir -L ./$am__dir"; \
	  esac; \
	  test -d "$am__dir" || ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d "$am__dir" || exit 1; \
	  no --batch \
	      \
	    $am__subdir_includes -L . -L . \
	    --eval '(if (boundp (quote byte-compile-dest-file-function)) (setq
byte-compile-dest-file-function (lambda (_) "lib/emacs/autotest-mode.elc"))
(defun byte-compile-dest-file (_) "lib/emacs/autotest-mode.elc") )' \
	    -f batch-byte-compile 'lib/emacs/autotest-mode.el'; \
	else :; fi
 ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d '/tmp/share/autoconf/m4sugar'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 lib/m4sugar/foreach.m4
lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 '/tmp/share/autoconf/m4sugar'
 ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d '/tmp/share/autoconf/Autom4te'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 lib/Autom4te/C4che.pm lib/Autom4te/ChannelDefs.pm
lib/Autom4te/Channels.pm lib/Autom4te/Config.pm lib/Autom4te/Configure_ac.pm
lib/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm lib/Autom4te/General.pm lib/Autom4te/Getopt.pm
lib/Autom4te/Request.pm lib/Autom4te/XFile.pm '/tmp/share/autoconf/Autom4te'
 ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d '/tmp/share/info'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./doc/autoconf.info ./doc/standards.info
'/tmp/share/info'
 install-info --info-dir='/tmp/share/info' '/tmp/share/info/autoconf.info'
 install-info --info-dir='/tmp/share/info' '/tmp/share/info/standards.info'
 ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d '/tmp/share/man/man1'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 man/autoconf.1 man/autoheader.1 man/autom4te.1
man/autoreconf.1 man/autoscan.1 man/autoupdate.1 man/ifnames.1
'/tmp/share/man/man1'
 ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d '/tmp/share/autoconf/autoconf'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 lib/autoconf/autoconf.m4f
'/tmp/share/autoconf/autoconf'
 ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d '/tmp/share/autoconf/autoscan'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 lib/autoscan/autoscan.list
'/tmp/share/autoconf/autoscan'
 ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d '/tmp/share/autoconf/autotest'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 lib/autotest/autotest.m4f
'/tmp/share/autoconf/autotest'
 ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d '/tmp/share/autoconf/m4sugar'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 lib/m4sugar/version.m4 lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4f
lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4f '/tmp/share/autoconf/m4sugar'
 ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d '/tmp/share/autoconf'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 lib/autom4te.cfg '/tmp/share/autoconf'
 ./build-aux/install-sh -c -d '/tmp/share/autoconf'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./INSTALL '/tmp/share/autoconf'
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make  install-data-hook
for s in build-aux/config.guess build-aux/config.sub build-aux/install-sh; do
\
	  chmod +x "/tmp/share/autoconf/$s"; \
	done
rmeur /tmp/autoconf-2.70 $ cd ../automake-1.16.3 
rmeur /tmp/automake-1.16.3 $ export PATH=/tmp/bin:$PATH
rmeur /tmp/automake-1.16.3 $ ./configure 
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin20.1.0
checking host system type... x86_64-apple-darwin20.1.0
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... ./lib/install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for tex... tex
checking for yacc... yacc
checking for lex... lex
checking whether autoconf is installed... yes
checking whether autoconf works... no
configure: error: The installed version of autoconf does not work.
    Please check config.log for error messages before this one.



and config.log shows the error:


configure:3113: checking whether autoconf works
configure:3121: cd conftest && autoconf -o /dev/null conftest.ac
unknown channel m4trace: -1- _m4_warn(syntax, AC_OUTPUT was never used, )
 at /tmp/share/autoconf/Autom4te/Channels.pm line 631.
        Autom4te::Channels::msg("m4trace: -1- _m4_warn(syntax, AC_OUTPUT was
never used, )\x{a}", undef, undef, "partial", 0) called at /tmp/bin/autom4te
line 1073
configure:3124: $? = 1
configure:3133: result: no
configure:3136: error: The installed version of autoconf does not work.
    Please check config.log for error messages before this one.




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