[SOLVED] regression on -current with a2ps

nobodino · 11-26-2022, 10:55 AM

a2ps doesn't build anymore on -current due to new texinfo (while downgrading to previous texinfo-6.8 it builds fine).

Code:

make[2]*: on entre dans le répertoire «*/tmp/a2ps-4.14/doc*»
restore=: && backupdir=".am$$" && \
am__cwd=`pwd` && cd . && \
rm -rf $backupdir && mkdir $backupdir && \
if (/bin/sh /tmp/a2ps-4.14/auxdir/missing --run makeinfo --version) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
  for f in regex.info regex.info-[0-9] regex.info-[0-9][0-9] regex.i[0-9] regex.i[0-9][0-9]; do \
    if test -f $f; then mv $f $backupdir; restore=mv; else :; fi; \
  done; \
else :; fi && \
cd "$am__cwd"; \
if /bin/sh /tmp/a2ps-4.14/auxdir/missing --run makeinfo   -I . \
 -o regex.info regex.texi; \
then \
  rc=0; \
  cd .; \
else \
  rc=$?; \
  cd . && \
  $restore $backupdir/* `echo "./regex.info" | sed 's|[^/]*$||'`; \
fi; \
rm -rf $backupdir; exit $rc
Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at /usr/share/texinfo/Texinfo/ParserNonXS.pm line 4354.
make[2]: *** [Makefile:329: regex.info] Error 1
make[2]*: on quitte le répertoire «*/tmp/a2ps-4.14/doc*»
make[1]: *** [Makefile:357: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]*: on quitte le répertoire «*/tmp/a2ps-4.14*»
make: *** [Makefile:286: all] Error 2

nobodino · 12-01-2022, 12:25 AM

upgrading to texinfo-7.0.1 doesn't change anything.

nobodino · 12-01-2022, 12:36 AM

I added "autoreconf -vfi" to the a2ps.SlackBuild after the different patches:

Code:

zcat $CWD/a2ps-texi-comments.patch.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
zcat $CWD/a2ps.texinfo-6.7.patch.gz | patch -p1 --verbose || exit 1
autoreconf -vfi

# Make sure ownerships and permissions are sane:
chown -R root:root .

the error message is different now:

Code:

Makefile:457: .deps/alloca.Plo: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
make[2]: *** Aucune règle pour fabriquer la cible «*.deps/alloca.Plo*». Arrêt.

dodoLQ · 12-02-2022, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nobodino

make[2]: *** Aucune règle pour fabriquer la cible «*.deps/alloca.Plo*». Arrêt.[/CODE]

Hi nobodino, i think you should post in english for everyone (translation of locales in French are often funny for me). I prefer (no choice) the de-facto install setting for my *configs (5 in total)

marav · 12-02-2022, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dodoLQ

Hi nobodino, i think you should post in english for everyone (translation of locales in French are often funny for me). I prefer (no choice) the de-facto install setting for my *configs (5 in total)

This one is easy

Code:

Aucune    = No
règles    = rules
pour      = to
fabriquer = make
la        = the
cible     = target

0XBF · 12-04-2022, 04:28 PM

There was note of this in gentoo's bug reports: https://bugs.gentoo.org/882385

Still no fix as of today. I looked at the file and line number where the undefined value was used but was quickly in over my head.

In another gentoo bug report for a2ps they mentioned that a2ps is undergoing some recent development, which is evident in their git news: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/a2ps.git/tree/NEWS

It's still in alpha stages but perhaps they will have a new release soon that may build.

marav · 12-04-2022, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nobodino

upgrading to texinfo-7.0.1 doesn't change anything.

recompiled with:

Code:

--- texinfo.SlackBuild	2022-12-05 00:36:05.141677383 +0100
+++ texinfo.SlackBuild.1	2022-12-05 00:35:50.395760018 +0100
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --infodir=/usr/info \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/texinfo-$VERSION \
-  --disable-perl-xs \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux || exit 1
 
 make $NUMJOBS || make || exit 1

and a2ps builds fine

+ cosmetic

Code:

cp: cannot stat 'INTRODUCTION': No such file or directory

Code:

@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/texinfo-$VERSION
 cp -a \
-  ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS COPYING* INSTALL INTRODUCTION NEWS README* TODO \
+  ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS COPYING* INSTALL NEWS README* TODO \
   $PKG/usr/doc/texinfo-$VERSION

marav · 12-05-2022, 03:22 PM

Fixed

Code:

Mon Dec  5 21:00:46 UTC 2022
ap/texinfo-7.0.1-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Rebuilt without the --disable-perl-xs option to fix a2ps failing to build
  from source. The option was added during the 15.0 development cycle to fix
  glibc failing to build from source, but that issue has been resolved.
  Thanks to nobodino and marav.

lucabon · 12-13-2022, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marav

Mon Dec 5 21:00:46 UTC 2022
ap/texinfo-7.0.1-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Rebuilt without the --disable-perl-xs option to fix a2ps failing to build
from source. The option was added during the 15.0 development cycle to fix
glibc failing to build from source, but that issue has been resolved.
Thanks to nobodino and marav.

Even if no more useful, the following patch (in texinfo) fix the bug in Perl-non-xs module:

Code:

--- texinfo-7.0.1/tp/Texinfo/ParserNonXS.pm.orig        2022-11-30 18:06:28.000000000 +0100
+++ texinfo-7.0.1/tp/Texinfo/ParserNonXS.pm     2022-12-13 11:17:37.240447516 +0100
@@ -4357,7 +4357,7 @@
             and ($current->{'parent'}->{'type'} eq 'menu_comment'
                  or $current->{'parent'}->{'type'} eq 'menu_entry_description')
             and $asterisk
-            and @{$current->{'contents'}}
+            and ref($current->{'contents'}) eq "ARRAY"
             and $current->{'contents'}->[-1]->{'type'}
             and $current->{'contents'}->[-1]->{'type'} eq 'empty_line'
             and $current->{'contents'}->[-1]->{'text'} eq '') {