autoconf

Binary packages in testing

Description

automatic configure script builder

Dependencies all

Depends

perl (>> 5.005), m4 (>= 1.4.13), debianutils (>= 1.8)

Recommends

automake | automaken

Suggests

autoconf-archive, gnu-standards, autoconf-doc, libtool, gettext

Source package

Name

autoconf

Version

2.73-2

Maintainer

Alex Myczko

Homepage

https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/

Repository

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/autoconf

Bugs (41 open)

Each bug opens in the Debian bug tracking system, which holds its message log and current state.

• #1132316 important autoconf: on i386, does not define -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_TIME_BITS=64 on bugs.debian.org pending by Sven Geuer reported 30 Mar 2026 updated 31 Mar 2026 lfs
• #907277 important autoconf: AC_SEARCH_LIBS for __atomic_foo fails with AC_LANG([C++]) and g++-8 on bugs.debian.org pending by Adrian Bunk reported 25 Aug 2018 updated 17 Aug 2025 bookwormbullseyebuster-ignoreforkysidtrixie
• #850329 important autoconf generates code that can execute binary data as a shell script on bugs.debian.org pending by Vincent Lefevre reported 5 Jan 2017 updated 21 Aug 2017
• #1123037 normal autoconf2.69 on hppa generates incorrect configure in binutils bfd and ld on bugs.debian.org pending against src:autoconf by John David Anglin reported 14 Dec 2025 updated 16 Dec 2025
• #1011024 normal autoconf: if 0, SUBDIRS = a distributes EXTRA_DIST; if 0, include a/Makefile.am doesn't on bugs.debian.org pending by наб reported 15 May 2022 updated 15 May 2022
• #983076 normal autoconf: autoreconf's gettext handling is buggy on bugs.debian.org pending by Vincent Lefevre reported 19 Feb 2021 updated 19 Feb 2021
• #796180 normal autoconf: missing backslash escaping in AC_TRY_EVAL yields binary data in config.log with dash on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Vincent Lefevre reported 20 Aug 2015 updated 2 Oct 2018 forwarded to lists.gnu.org upstream
• #754268 normal commandline-specified CFLAGS override -std= parameter from AC_PROG_CC_C99 on bugs.debian.org pending by Wouter Verhelst reported 9 Jul 2014 updated 9 Aug 2014
• #625666 normal configure scripts rely on "diff"; could use "cmp" instead, provided by busybox on bugs.debian.org pending by Josh Triplett reported 5 May 2011 updated 24 May 2011 upstream
• #619380 normal autoconf 2.63 as_echo generated code does not work on OpenVMS on bugs.debian.org pending by John E. Malmberg reported 23 Mar 2011 updated 5 Mar 2026 moreinfo
• #593546 normal AS_VAR_GET regression on bugs.debian.org pending by Daniel Schepler reported 13 Aug 2010 updated 25 Sep 2010 upstream
• #546445 normal A revised m4sh.m4 may be ineffective on bugs.debian.org pending reported 13 Sep 2009 updated 3 Aug 2010
• #478065 normal autoconf: misleading output from AC_PROG_AWK on bugs.debian.org forwarded by Clint Adams reported 26 Apr 2008 updated 12 Feb 2011 forwarded to bug-autoconf@gnu.org
• #454798 normal Erlang: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE always fails, and AC_LINK_IFELSE always succeeds on bugs.debian.org pending by Mikael Magnusson reported 7 Dec 2007 updated 9 Aug 2009 patch
• #430559 normal dependency check for ac_x_libraries fail cause wrong case on bugs.debian.org pending by Klaus Ethgen reported 25 Jun 2007 updated 4 Feb 2014 moreinfopatchupstream
• #369396 normal Regression: problems with macro calling AC_PROG_CC and AC_C_BIGENDIAN on bugs.debian.org pending by Mikael Magnusson reported 29 May 2006 updated 24 Jul 2019
• #343464 normal autoconf: AC_PATH_XTRA does not work as advertised on bugs.debian.org pending reported 15 Dec 2005 updated 10 Jan 2006
• #341263 normal autoconf doesn't realise its cache is out of date when included files change on bugs.debian.org pending reported 29 Nov 2005 updated 13 Dec 2005
• #1145100 minor patch: add upstream signing key and verify upstream release signature on bugs.debian.org pending by Luke Yasuda reported 22 Aug 2026 updated 22 Aug 2026 patch
• #1129450 minor autoconf: debaudit/git2dsc regression in 2.72-5: 330 - failed to guess tag on bugs.debian.org pending against src:autoconf by Lucas Nussbaum reported 1 Mar 2026 updated 1 Mar 2026
• #598146 minor autoconf: Uses autopoint without dependency on bugs.debian.org pending by Roland Stigge reported 26 Sep 2010 updated 16 Oct 2010
• #578923 minor [autoconf] Warning if testing for declaration with namespace (std::setlocale) on bugs.debian.org pending by Jens Seidel reported 23 Apr 2010 updated 2 Aug 2010 upstream
• #516649 minor autoconf: X programs unconditionally link against -lSM and -lICE even if unneeded on bugs.debian.org pending by sean finney reported 22 Feb 2009 updated 3 Mar 2009
• #494143 minor autoconf: Misplaced "use File::Copy;" on bugs.debian.org pending by Vincent Lefevre reported 7 Aug 2008 updated 7 Aug 2008
• #478310 minor autoscan: AC_PROG_RANLIB obsolete on bugs.debian.org pending by Jack Bates reported 28 Apr 2008 updated 25 Nov 2020

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