at /usr/share/automake-1.17/Automake/Channels.pm line 658. Automake::Channels::msg("automake", "", "too many loops")
Thanks for the report. The full reproducer is this: Thanks. Is this issue known? It was also reported for current Alpine, but not in a way I could reproduce it. https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=75605 Two other bug reports in the past years: 47848 and 49901. In these cases, it was related to older macros in the package tree overwriting newer macros found elsewhere, or redefining Autoconf macros. You might read through 49901, which sounds likely to be the same problem, with some fixes and references. Of course it would be better for Automake to give a comprehensible error message, but that might be tough to do. Any ideas for a true fix? We'll have to look. Bogdan or Nick or anyone -- if you have time to look into this, that would be great. It will be at least a couple of weeks before I have a chance. --thanks again, karl.