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3f09e923
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Date :
2019-08-08T21:48:21
Change the minimum version of automake to 1.13 and autoconf to 2.67
When I run make check via automake with a version of 1.12.6 or lower, I got this error:
/bin/sh: line 9: ./test_runner_epoll: No such file or directory
FAIL: test_runner_epoll
/bin/sh: line 9: ./test_runner_select: No such file or directory
FAIL: test_runner_select
/bin/sh: line 9: ./test_runner_kqueue: No such file or directory
FAIL: test_runner_kqueue
/bin/sh: line 9: ./test_runner_evport: No such file or directory
FAIL: test_runner_evport
/bin/sh: line 9: ./test_runner_devpoll: No such file or directory
FAIL: test_runner_devpoll
/bin/sh: line 9: ./test_runner_poll: No such file or directory
FAIL: test_runner_poll
/bin/sh: line 9: ./test_runner_win32: No such file or directory
FAIL: test_runner_win32
/bin/sh: line 9: ./test_runner_timerfd: No such file or directory
FAIL: test_runner_timerfd
/bin/sh: line 9: ./test_runner_changelist: No such file or directory
FAIL: test_runner_changelist
/bin/sh: line 9: ./test_runner_timerfd_changelist: No such file or directory
FAIL: test_runner_timerfd_changelist
Open the Makefile generated by command ./autogen.sh && ./configure
I can see the errors are caused by this line:
if $(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) $${dir}$$tst $(AM_TESTS_FD_REDIRECT); then
$${dir}$$tst will expand to ./test_runner_epoll, but test_runner_epoll is only a target in test/include.am,
not a file, so it print:
/bin/sh: line 9: ./test_runner_epoll: No such file or directory.
It seems like a bug in automake 1.12.6.
The errors will disappear if I simply upgrade automake to 1.13, and upgrade autoconf to 2.65
(2.65 is the lowest version dependent by automake-1.13).
When I build with automake-1.13 and autoconf-2.66, I got another error:
configure.ac:667: error: AC_CHECK_SIZEOF: requires literal arguments
The code in configure.ac line 667 is :
AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(void *)
It is a bug in autoconf-2.66 :
http://gnu-autoconf.7623.n7.nabble.com/AC-CHECK-SIZEOF-int-is-error-in-autoconf-2-66-td13537.html
Finally, everything works fine when using automake-1.13 and autoconf-2.67.
Refs: #858

$ ./configure
$ make
$ make verify # (optional)
$ sudo make install
See Documentation/Building#Autoconf for more information
Install CMake: https://www.cmake.org
$ md build && cd build
$ cmake -G "Visual Studio 10" .. # Or use any generator you want to use. Run cmake --help for a list
$ cmake --build . --config Release # Or "start libevent.sln" and build with menu in Visual Studio.
See Documentation/Building#Building on Windows for more information
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake .. # Default to Unix Makefiles.
$ make
$ make verify # (optional)
See Documentation/Building#Building on Unix (With CMake) for more information
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