GMP bootstrap fails with Autoconf 2.69d

[Marc Glisse]

On Wed, 11 Nov 2020, Paul Eggert wrote:

> The Autoconf manual has long said that the 3rd argument of AC_INIT must be an 
> email address.

Which is a bad idea, we don't want people blindly sending an email, we 
want them to read instructions first. A URL makes more sense.

> To fix the problem, I suggest using just [gmp-bugs at gmplib.org] as the 3rd 
> argument of AC_INIT, as being the simplest; or if you want the commentary, 
> put it in as valid RFC 5322 commentary, e.g., by parenthesizing it:
>
> diff -r 18875a0a3f89 configure.ac
> --- a/configure.ac	Tue Nov 10 18:17:13 2020 +0100
> +++ b/configure.ac	Wed Nov 11 22:25:59 2020 -0800
> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
>
> AC_REVISION($Revision$)
> AC_PREREQ(2.59)
> -AC_INIT(GNU MP, GMP_VERSION, [gmp-bugs at gmplib.org, see 
> https://gmplib.org/manual/Reporting-Bugs.html], gmp)
> +AC_INIT(GNU MP, GMP_VERSION, [gmp-bugs at gmplib.org (see 
> https://gmplib.org/manual/Reporting-Bugs.html)], gmp)
> AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(gmp-impl.h)
> m4_pattern_forbid([^[ \t]*GMP_])
> m4_pattern_allow(GMP_LDFLAGS)

Thanks, that looks like a nice workaround.

-- 
Marc Glisse