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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0004612 | unreal | installing | public | 2016-03-31 21:20 | 2016-11-10 09:32 |
| Reporter | dboyz | Assigned To | syzop | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | have not tried |
| Status | closed | Resolution | unable to duplicate | ||
| Product Version | 4.0.2 | ||||
| Summary | 0004612: configure script reports syntax error on ClearOS 5.2 | ||||
| Description | Issue reported by Lacrocivious, using unrealircd-4.0.2 on ClearOS 5.2 ( CentOS-based, 2.6.18-308.1.1.v5 i686 ). Upgrading to 2.69, deleting the /unrealircd-4.0.2 directory, re-extracting the tarball, and running ./Config again seems to solve the issue. | ||||
| Additional Information | ./configure: line 14217: syntax error near unexpected token `"x/$CC",' ./configure: line 14217: ` AS_CASE("x/$CC",' | ||||
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Maybe an error can be printed if autoconf version <= 2.59 instead of letting users come across to such syntax errors. |
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autoconf is used to build the 'configure' script. End users rarely do that, they don't even need autoconf on their system. Upgrading, downgrading, removing or installing autoconf should have no effect since it isn't used... unless you run ./autogen.sh.. but again.. only devs do that. So I don't really understand the bug report :D |
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Okay that is weird, and I am confused now. I have no idea why the syntax error only appeared on ClearOS 5.2 but to clarify about the bugreport, these are the dpaste link he gave me. ClearOS 5.2: http://dpaste.com/2NEDTQP (with syntax error) ClearOS 6.6.1: http://dpaste.com/1KDW0TT (normal operation) Let me know if you can't access the dpaste content. |
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Updated title to "configure script reports syntax error on ClearOS 5.2" |
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Not sure. Possibly some shell ('sh') issue that was solved in a later release? Bit odd the error is on line 14217 though, when configure of 4.0.2 is only 9029 lines. If you google on this phrase: syntax error near unexpected token `"x/$CC",' you find some centos matches. Our configure is already generated by 2.69 (see the top few lines of the script) so it isn't that either. Anyway, CentOS 5.2 is from 2008. So I have my doubts if it's worth looking into. I'll keep the report open for a short while to see if anyone else has the same issue. If so, please let us know by posting a comment here :) |
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Oh and you say upgrading to autoconf 2.69 solved the issue? Possibly some other packages were upgraded as well with it? (Happens frequently even if you only want to upgrade just 1 package). In particular it might have upgraded 'sh', 'libtool', etc.. other things that could be the underlying issue rather than autoconf itself. |
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Hello, thanks for the response. > Bit odd the error is on line 14217 though, when configure of 4.0.2 is only 9029 lines. ^ I realized the oddness too ^ Perhaps I should have asked if they have downloaded from a reliable source > If you google on this phrase: syntax error... ^ That's what I did :P the result mentioned that the issue had something to do with autoconf 2.59 > I'll keep the report open for a short while... ^ Fyi, this is the first time someone has ever complained of such issue ever since the first 3.4 beta series was released # Imo people should always keep their system up to date, hence this bug report can be closed; if anyone complains about similar issue in the future, they can be linked to this bug report. Again, thank you for looking into this bug report! |
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Haven't heard about any recurring case of this. Closing. Seems some broken OS or broken download anyway. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2016-03-31 21:20 | dboyz | New Issue | |
| 2016-03-31 21:23 | dboyz | Note Added: 0019153 | |
| 2016-04-01 09:33 | syzop | Note Added: 0019154 | |
| 2016-04-02 18:28 | dboyz | Note Added: 0019156 | |
| 2016-04-03 09:19 | syzop | Note Added: 0019158 | |
| 2016-04-03 09:19 | syzop | Summary | configure script reports syntax error for autoconf 2.59 (and possibly older) => configure script reports syntax error on ClearOS 5.2 |
| 2016-04-03 09:29 | syzop | Note Added: 0019159 | |
| 2016-04-03 09:29 | syzop | Status | new => feedback |
| 2016-04-03 09:32 | syzop | Note Added: 0019160 | |
| 2016-04-03 09:32 | syzop | Note Edited: 0019160 | |
| 2016-04-03 10:53 | dboyz | Note Added: 0019170 | |
| 2016-04-03 10:54 | dboyz | Note Edited: 0019170 | |
| 2016-11-10 09:32 | syzop | Assigned To | => syzop |
| 2016-11-10 09:32 | syzop | Status | feedback => closed |
| 2016-11-10 09:32 | syzop | Resolution | open => unable to duplicate |
| 2016-11-10 09:32 | syzop | Note Added: 0019502 |
