[LU-15838] configure.ac warning: The macro 'AC_HELP_STRING' is obsolete

• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Minor
• Fix Version/s: Lustre 2.16.0, Lustre 2.15.1
• Affects Version/s: Lustre 2.16.0
• Severity: 3
• Assignee: Jian Yu
• Reporter: Jian Yu

Description

# neofetch distro kernel
distro: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS x86_64 
kernel: 5.15.0-27-generic 

# gcc --version
gcc (Ubuntu 11.2.0-19ubuntu1) 11.2.0

# autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.71

# sh autogen.sh
configure.ac:2: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: "m4_esyscmd(sh -c "./LUSTRE-VERSION-GEN | tr -d '\n'")"
configure.ac:23: warning: The macro `AC_HELP_STRING' is obsolete.
configure.ac:23: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:204: AC_HELP_STRING is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:20035: LB_CONFIG_DIST is expanded from...
aclocal.m4:20447: LB_CONFIGURE is expanded from...

The macro 'AC_HELP_STRING' is obsolete and needs to be replaced by 'AS_HELP_STRING'.

libcfs/libcfs/autoMakefile.am: installing 'config/depcomp'
configure.ac:10: warning: The macro `AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM' is obsolete.
configure.ac:10: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2081: AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM is expanded from...
configure.ac:10: the top level
configure.ac:16: warning: The macro `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete.
configure.ac:16: You should run autoupdate.
aclocal.m4:8544: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
configure.ac:16: the top level

Issue Links

• is related to: LU-15781 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS release support

Comments

[Gerrit Updater]

"Oleg Drokin <[e-mail]>" merged in patch https://review.whamcloud.com/47753/
Subject: LU-15838 autoconf: fix use of obsolete macros
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: b2_15
Current Patch Set:
Commit: 2eafa3186ba09a9dc452f71bfea5f9b9e49fa252

[Gerrit Updater]

"Oleg Drokin <[e-mail]>" merged in patch https://review.whamcloud.com/47288/
Subject: LU-15838 autoconf: fix use of obsolete macros
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: master
Current Patch Set:
Commit: b01d3668aff8f17a20bf006bd915392b4708d46b

[Gerrit Updater]

"Jian Yu <[e-mail]>" uploaded a new patch: https://review.whamcloud.com/47753
Subject: LU-15838 autoconf: fix use of obsolete macros
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: b2_15
Current Patch Set: 1
Commit: 1404c2fd6d1f00877d38411365506a6d49c0620c

[James A Simmons]

Yep I have seen this. Also have you seen

checking for Python library path... <stdin>:4: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for po
tential alternatives
<stdin>:4: DeprecationWarning: The distutils.sysconfig module is deprecated, use sysconfig instead
<stdin>:3: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives

[Gerrit Updater]

"Jian Yu <[e-mail]>" uploaded a new patch: https://review.whamcloud.com/47288
Subject: LU-15838 autoconf: fix use of obsolete macros
Project: fs/lustre-release
Branch: master
Current Patch Set: 1
Commit: 7a31c30266073eac80e4d09a94991e02fbaf16c1