It does not build on osx
I seem to be getting the following error when trying to build it on osx. I'll try to have a look at the problem...
** Checking out m4-common *** [1/1]
git remote set-url origin https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/m4-common
git remote update origin
Fetching origin
warning: redirecting to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/m4-common.git/
git rebase origin/master
Current branch master is up to date.
git submodule init
git submodule update
*** Configuring m4-common *** [1/1]
/Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autogen.sh --prefix /Users/jhbuild/gnome/inst --enable-maintainer-mode --disable-static --disable-gtk-doc
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --enable-maintainer-mode, --disable-static, --disable-gtk-doc
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/build-aux/install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --enable-maintainer-mode, --disable-static, --disable-gtk-doc
*** Building m4-common *** [1/1]
make -j8
cat /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_append_compile_flags.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_append_link_flags.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_append_flag.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_check_compile_flag.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_check_enable_debug.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_check_girs_gjs.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_check_gir_symbols_gjs.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_check_link_flag.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_is_release.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_code_coverage.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_compiler_flags.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_compiler_flags_cflags.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_compiler_flags_cxxflags.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_compiler_flags_ldflags.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_compiler_flags_gir.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_0x.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_14.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_17.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_generate_changelog.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_pkg_check_modules.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_prog_gjs.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_require_defined.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_valgrind_check.m4 | grep -v '^#' | grep -v 'AX_PACKAGE_REQUIRES' | m4 | grep -o '\<AX_[A-Z0-9_]*[A-Z0-9]\>' | sort | uniq > used
cat /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_append_compile_flags.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_append_link_flags.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_append_flag.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_check_compile_flag.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_check_enable_debug.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_check_girs_gjs.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_check_gir_symbols_gjs.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_check_link_flag.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_is_release.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_code_coverage.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_compiler_flags.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_compiler_flags_cflags.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_compiler_flags_cxxflags.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_compiler_flags_ldflags.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_compiler_flags_gir.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_0x.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_11.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_14.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx_17.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_generate_changelog.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_pkg_check_modules.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_prog_gjs.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_require_defined.m4 /Users/jhbuild/gnome/src/m4-common/autoconf-archive/m4/ax_valgrind_check.m4 | grep ^AC_DEFUN | grep -o '\<AX_[A-Z0-9_]*\>' | sort | uniq > defined
diff -u used defined
--- used 2018-10-01 17:26:42.000000000 +0200
+++ defined 2018-10-01 17:26:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS
+AX_APPEND_FLAG
+AX_APPEND_LINK_FLAGS
+AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG
+AX_CHECK_ENABLE_DEBUG
+AX_CHECK_GIRS_GJS
+AX_CHECK_GIR_SYMBOLS_GJS
+AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG
+AX_CODE_COVERAGE
+AX_COMPILER_FLAGS
+AX_COMPILER_FLAGS_CFLAGS
+AX_COMPILER_FLAGS_CXXFLAGS
+AX_COMPILER_FLAGS_GIR
+AX_COMPILER_FLAGS_LDFLAGS
+AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX
+AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_0X
+AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_11
+AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_14
+AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_17
+AX_GENERATE_CHANGELOG
+AX_IS_RELEASE
+AX_PKG_CHECK_MODULES
+AX_PROG_GJS
+AX_REQUIRE_DEFINED
+AX_VALGRIND_CHECK
+AX_VALGRIND_DFLT
make: *** [all-local] Error 1
*** Error during phase build of m4-common: ########## Error running make -j8 *** [1/1]