autoconf build partially non-functional when install_tree is padded (sbang ??) #19629
Description
Using spack@develop checked out at:
52959528a2cb7e7e9b213efd1243a078502ac708Thu Oct 29 21:29:39 2020 +0100
This checkout includes commit sbang: vendor sbang
Automake build fails due to non-functional autoconf when install_tree: $padding:128
$> spack install automake
....
==> Installing automake
==> Using cached archive: /opt/spack/var/spack/cache/_source-cache/archive/b2/b2f361094b410b4acbf4efba7337bdb786335ca09eb2518635a09fb7319ca5c1.tar.gz
==> automake: Executing phase: 'autoreconf'
==> automake: Executing phase: 'configure'
==> Error: ProcessError: Command exited with status 1:
'/tmp/root/spack-stage/spack-stage-automake-1.16.2-lu2sautwpii24tkqbbo2at3gfju2zki7/spack-src/configure' '--prefix=/spack_path_placeholder/spack_path_placeholder/spack_path_placeholder/spack_path_placeholder/spack_path_placeholder/spack_path_pl/linux-ubuntu18.04-ppc64le/gcc-7.5.0/automake-1.16.2-lu2sautwpii24tkqbbo2at3gfju2zki7'
1 error found in build log:
17 checking for byacc... no
18 checking for bison... no
19 checking for lex... no
20 checking for flex... no
21 checking whether autoconf is installed... yes
22 checking whether autoconf works... no
>> 23 configure: error: The installed version of autoconf does not work.
24 Please check config.log for error messages before this one.
See build log for details:
/tmp/root/spack-stage/spack-stage-automake-1.16.2-lu2sautwpii24tkqbbo2at3gfju2zki7/spack-build-out.txt
From config.log (full log attached below):
...
configure:3027: cd conftest && autoconf -o /dev/null conftest.ac
/bin/sh: 0: Can't open /spack_path_placeholder/spack_path_placeholder/spack_path_placeholder/spack_path_placeholder/spack_path_placeholder/s
configure:3030: $? = 127
configure:3039: result: no
...
Looks like autoconf test line is being truncated due to padding?
Config log: automake-config.log.txt
Build log: automake-build-out.txt