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From: Aphrodite <newsgroups@socal.rr.com>
Subject: Re: cvs Gnus and configure
Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 17:08:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <nntp.hh8yfjdqai.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k6z3e0d3.fsf@cube.internal.net>

Roberto Quiroga <noswen@example.net> writes:

> I have an error configuring cvs-Gnus under Debian/Woody and OpenBSD 3.5
>
> ./configure: line 1486: syntax error near unexpected token `arch-tag:'
> ./configure: line 1486: `m4_if(   arch-tag: 4fda042e-c632-45be-867f-4d90bc87746b'
>
> line 1486 is:
>
> m4_if(   arch-tag: 4fda042e-c632-45be-867f-4d90bc87746b
> )
>
> Gnus compiles and runs without problems with cvs-emacs.
>
> I can not understand the source of the error.

same error @ this end:

-bash-2.05b# emerge /usr/portage/app-emacs/gnus-cvs/gnus-cvs-5.11.ebuild 
Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 1) app-emacs/gnus-cvs-5.11 to /
>>> Unpacking source...
 * Fetching CVS module gnus into /usr/portage/distfiles/cvs-src...
 * Running  cvs -q -f -z4 -d ":pserver:gnus:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot" login
Logging in to :pserver:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:2401/usr/local/cvsroot
 * Running  cvs -q -f -z4 -d ":pserver:gnus@cvs.gnus.org:/usr/local/cvsroot" update -dP gnus
 * Copying gnus from /usr/portage/distfiles/cvs-src...
 * CVS module gnus is now in /var/tmp/portage/gnus-cvs-5.11/work
>>> Source unpacked.
configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host.
    If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used.
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
checking for makeinfo... makeinfo
checking for emacs... emacs
checking if emacs is really XEmacs... no
checking where .elc files should go... /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gnus-cvs
checking where etc files should go... /usr/share/emacs/etc
checking where the TeXinfo docs should go... /usr/share/info
checking for acceptable URL version... "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/w3"
checking for acceptable W3 version... "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/w3"
checking which options to pass on to (X)Emacs... -batch -q -no-site-file -l $(srcdir)/dgnushack.el
checking for latex... /usr/bin/latex
checking for available fonts... "no"
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating etc/Makefile
config.status: creating lisp/Makefile
config.status: creating texi/Makefile
config.status: creating texi/gnusconfig.tex
config.status: creating texi/ps/Makefile
cd . && autoconf
/bin/sh ./config.status --recheck
running /bin/sh ./configure  --prefix=/usr --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --with-emacs --with-lispdir=/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gnus-cvs --with-etcdir=/usr/share/emacs/etc --with-w3=/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/w3 --with-url=/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/w3 host_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu  --no-create --no-recursion
configure: warning: host_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu: invalid host type
creating cache ./config.cache
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for a BSD compatible install... /bin/install -c
checking for makeinfo... makeinfo
checking for emacs... emacs
checking if emacs is really XEmacs... no
checking where .elc files should go... /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gnus-cvs
checking where etc files should go... /usr/share/emacs/etc
checking where the TeXinfo docs should go... /usr/share/info
checking for acceptable URL version... /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/w3
checking for acceptable W3 version... /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/w3
checking which options to pass on to (X)Emacs... -batch -q -no-site-file -l $(srcdir)/dgnushack.el
checking for latex... /usr/bin/latex
checking for available fonts... no
updating cache ./config.cache
creating ./config.status
./configure: line 1486: syntax error near unexpected token `arch-tag:'
./configure: line 1486: `m4_if(   arch-tag: 4fda042e-c632-45be-867f-4d90bc87746b'
make: *** [config.status] Error 2

!!! ERROR: app-emacs/gnus-cvs-5.11 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 43, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)

-- 
Linux 2.6.2-rc1-mm3 #1 Wed Jan 28 02:04:13 UTC 2004 i686
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       reply	other threads:[~2004-05-23 17:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <87k6z3e0d3.fsf@cube.internal.net>
2004-05-23 17:08 ` Aphrodite [this message]
     [not found] ` <v9oeodka04.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de>
2004-05-24 19:29   ` Miles Bader

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