Subject: pkg/13806: Package update of automake and autoconf problematic
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <john@sixgirls.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 08/28/2001 03:51:07
>Number: 13806
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: When updating package autoconf, automake's update causes a loop.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: pkg-manager
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Aug 28 00:47:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: John Klos
>Release: NetBSD 1.5.1
>Organization:
Sixgirls Computing Labs
>Environment:
System: NetBSD reva 1.5.2_ALPHA NetBSD 1.5.2_ALPHA (REVA) #0: Sat Aug 4 01:06:45 EDT 2001 jean@reva:/usr/src/sys/arch/amiga/compile/REVA amiga
NetBSD freja 1.5.1 NetBSD 1.5.1 (FREJA) #0: Tue Jul 10 19:10:40 EDT 2001 jean@freja:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/FREJA i386
>Description:
When updating autoconf where doing so would also update automake, update gets stuck in a loop:
===> Validating dependencies for automake-1.4.5nb1
=> Checksum OK for automake-1.4-p5.tar.gz.
===> real-extract [automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1] ===> Extracting for automake-1.4.5nb1
===> install-depends [automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1] ===> Required package autoconf-2.13: NOT found
===> install-depends [automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1] ===> Verifying update for ../../devel/autoconf
===> update [autoconf-2.52, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1] ===> Resuming update for autoconf-2.52
===> update [autoconf-2.52, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1] ===> Installing in devel/automake
===> check-depends [automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1, automake-1.4.5nb1] ===> Validating dependencies for automake-1.4.5nb1
>How-To-Repeat:
(with older autoconf and automake)
cd /usr/pkgsrc/devel/autoconf && make update
>Fix:
make update in /usr/pkgsrc/devel/automake first.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: