Package Details: libgeneral 86-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/libgeneral.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: libgeneral
Description: Common library for tihmstar tools
Upstream URL: https://github.com/tihmstar/libgeneral
Licenses: LGPL-2.1-only
Submitter: sunflsks
Maintainer: 0x9fff00
Last Packager: 0x9fff00
Votes: 0
Popularity: 0.000000
First Submitted: 2021-02-25 02:06 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-09-03 15:20 (UTC)

Latest Comments

nnym commented on 2025-10-10 13:48 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-10 13:49 (UTC) by nnym)

libgeneral's configure.ac contains shell code like FOO+=bar and the test operator == which are not specified by POSIX so when autogen.sh generates configure and runs it while /bin/shis Dash, those lines of code fail but the build "succeeds" while the package is missing functionality that's necessary for img4tool. A fix is running bash configure --prefix=/usr before building; here's a diff of PKGBUILD.

-  ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
+  NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
+  bash configure --prefix=/usr

micwoj92 commented on 2024-09-15 11:37 (UTC)

Please add gcc-libs and glibc to depends.

0x9fff00 commented on 2022-01-15 12:08 (UTC)

  • pkgdesc shouldn't include "git version" as this isn't a VCS package
  • build fails unless git is added to makedepends and source is changed to ("git+https://github.com/tihmstar/libgeneral.git#tag=$pkgver") due to this line in configure.ac:
AC_INIT([libgeneral], m4_esyscmd([git rev-list --count HEAD | tr -d '\n']), [tihmstar@gmail.com])

==> Starting build()...
aclocal: warning: couldn't open directory 'm4': No such file or directory
sh: line 1: git: command not found
configure.ac:8: error: AC_INIT should be called with package and version arguments
/usr/share/aclocal-1.16/init.m4:29: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:8: the top level
autom4te: error: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal: error: autom4te failed with exit status: 1
sh: line 1: git: command not found
sh: line 1: git: command not found
sh: line 1: git: command not found
sh: line 1: git: command not found
sh: line 1: git: command not found
configure.ac:4: warning: The macro `AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM' is obsolete.
configure.ac:4: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2081: AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM is expanded from...
configure.ac:4: the top level
configure.ac:6: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:8: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
sh: line 1: git: command not found
sh: line 1: git: command not found
sh: line 1: git: command not found
sh: line 1: git: command not found
sh: line 1: git: command not found
configure.ac: error: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found.
configure.ac: You should verify that configure.ac invokes AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE,
configure.ac: that aclocal.m4 is present in the top-level directory,
configure.ac: and that aclocal.m4 was recently regenerated (using aclocal)
configure.ac:4: installing './config.guess'
configure.ac:4: installing './config.sub'
libgeneral/Makefile.am:6: error: Libtool library used but 'LIBTOOL' is undefined
libgeneral/Makefile.am:6:   The usual way to define 'LIBTOOL' is to add 'LT_INIT'
libgeneral/Makefile.am:6:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again.
libgeneral/Makefile.am:6:   If 'LT_INIT' is in 'configure.ac', make sure
libgeneral/Makefile.am:6:   its definition is in aclocal's search path.
libgeneral/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'
/usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am: error: am__fastdepCXX does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
/usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am:   The usual way to define 'am__fastdepCXX' is to add 'AC_PROG_CXX'
/usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again
/usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am: error: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
/usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am:   The usual way to define 'AMDEP' is to add one of the compiler tests
/usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am:     AC_PROG_CC, AC_PROG_CXX, AC_PROG_OBJC, AC_PROG_OBJCXX,
/usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am:     AM_PROG_AS, AM_PROG_GCJ, AM_PROG_UPC
/usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again
aclocal: warning: couldn't open directory 'm4': No such file or directory
sh: line 1: git: command not found
configure.ac:8: error: AC_INIT should be called with package and version arguments
/usr/share/aclocal-1.16/init.m4:29: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:8: the top level
autom4te: error: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal: error: /usr/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
autoreconf: error: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
./configure: line 2587: AM_PROG_LIBTOOL: command not found
./configure: line 2589: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE: command not found
checking for g++... g++
checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
checking for C++ compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C++... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking for g++ option to enable C++11 features... none needed
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to enable C11 features... none needed
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: error: cannot find input file: `Makefile.in'
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...