make regen-configure cannot be run in GH codespaces
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Description
While tackling https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/148810 and after modifying the configure.ac, I attempted to run the provided Tools/build/regen-configure.sh. With neither podman nor docker preinstalled with the Dev Container as specified in .devcontainer/devcontainer.json, regenerating the configure file in Codespaces is impossible.
Also, manually running autoreconf -ivf -Werror yielded the following:
autoreconf: export WARNINGS=error
autoreconf: Entering directory '.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force
Can't exec "aclocal": No such file or directory at /usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm line 299.
autoreconf: error: aclocal failed with exit status: 2
Linked PRs
- gh-148828
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Research direction
Start with Tools/build/regen-configure.sh and .devcontainer/devcontainer.json, then reproduce the failure in the Codespaces or Dev Container environment using the shown autoreconf command. Check the linked work in gh-148828 for the intended change; done means configure can be regenerated in Codespaces without the reported missing-tool failure.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, github, python
- Domain
- build-system, cloud, devops
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100