GRUB2 payload build error

[Naveen Chaudhary]

I am able to successfully build with SeaBIOS as payload and also able to boot it on
MinnowBoard Max. But when I change the payload to GRUB2, it fails with the following build
error :

Copying file m4/time_h.m4
Copying file m4/unistd-safer.m4
Copying file m4/unistd_h.m4
Copying file m4/vasnprintf.m4
Copying file m4/vsnprintf.m4
Copying file m4/warn-on-use.m4
Copying file m4/wchar_h.m4
Replacing file m4/wchar_t.m4 (non-gnulib code backed up in m4/wchar_t.m4~) !!
Copying file m4/wcrtomb.m4
Copying file m4/wctype_h.m4
Copying file m4/wcwidth.m4
Replacing file m4/wint_t.m4 (non-gnulib code backed up in m4/wint_t.m4~) !!
Replacing file m4/xsize.m4 (non-gnulib code backed up in m4/xsize.m4~) !!
Creating grub-core/lib/gnulib/Makefile.am
Creating m4/gnulib-cache.m4
Creating m4/gnulib-comp.m4
Finished.

You may need to add #include directives for the following .h files.
  #include <fnmatch.h>
  #include <regex.h>
  #include <stdio.h>
  #include <stdlib.h>
  #include "argp.h"
  #include "error.h"
  #include "gettext.h"
  #include "mbswidth.h"
  #include "progname.h"
  #include "save-cwd.h"

You may need to use the following Makefile variables when linking.
Use them in <program>_LDADD when linking a program, or
in <library>_a_LDFLAGS or <library>_la_LDFLAGS when linking a library.
  $(LTLIBINTL) when linking with libtool, $(LIBINTL) otherwise
  $(LTLIBTHREAD) when linking with libtool, $(LIBTHREAD) otherwise

Don't forget to
  - add "grub-core/lib/gnulib/Makefile" to AC_CONFIG_FILES in ./configure.ac,
  - mention "gnulib" in SUBDIRS in grub-core/lib/Makefile.am,
  - mention "-I m4" in ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am,
  - mention "m4/gnulib-cache.m4" in EXTRA_DIST in Makefile.am,
  - invoke gl_EARLY in ./configure.ac, right after AC_PROG_CC,
  - invoke gl_INIT in ./configure.ac.
patching file argp-parse.c
patching file argp-fmtstream.c
patching file argp-help.c
patching file mbswidth.c
patching file mbswidth.h
patching file regcomp.c
Importing unicode...
Importing libgcrypt...
Generating Automake input...
Saving timestamps...
running: AUTOPOINT=true LIBTOOLIZE=true autoreconf --verbose --install --force -I m4 
--no-recursive
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: running: true --force
autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 --force -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --include=m4 --force
configure.ac:414: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_HEADERS
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:505: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LINK_IFELSE
configure.ac:1550: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LANG_CALL
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
./bootstrap: autoreconf failed
Importing unicode...
Importing libgcrypt...
WARNING: grub-core/lib/libgcrypt-grub already exists
WARNING: grub-core/lib/libgcrypt-grub/cipher already exists
WARNING: grub-core/lib/libgcrypt-grub/mpi already exists
WARNING: grub-core/lib/libgcrypt-grub/src already exists
Generating Automake input...
Saving timestamps...
Running autoreconf...
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: running: autopoint --force
Copying file build-aux/config.rpath
Copying file m4/extern-inline.m4
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
configure.ac:414: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_HEADERS
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:505: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LINK_IFELSE
configure.ac:1550: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LANG_CALL
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
Makefile:28: recipe for target 'grub2/build/config.h' failed
make[1]: *** [grub2/build/config.h] Error 1
payloads/external/Makefile.inc:171: recipe for target 'grub2' failed
make: *** [grub2] Error 2


Has anyone seen this error? I tried searching on google and few related but different
posts suggested that it maybe related to incorrect automake files/headers being picked up,
but I couldn't make it working. While I am still searching on it, has anyone seen and
fixed this earlier before?

[Merlin Büge]

On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 17:17:23 +0000
Naveen Chaudhary <NaveenChaudhary2010(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

...

  Has anyone seen this error? I tried searching on
google and few related but different posts suggested that it maybe related to incorrect
automake files/headers being picked up, but I couldn't make it working. While I am
still searching on it, has anyone seen and fixed this earlier before?
You're probably missing the pkg-config package, as suggested by:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8811381/possibly-undefined-macro-ac-msg…

For reference, when building GRUB2 I had to additionally install the
following packages (on Debian):

autoconf automake gettext autopoint pkg-config grub-common libfreetype6-dev unifont


Regards,

Merlin



-- 
Merlin Büge

[Naveen Chaudhary]

Can someone please help here?

Regards,
Naveen
________________________________
From: Naveen Chaudhary
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2019 10:47 PM
To: coreboot(a)coreboot.org <coreboot(a)coreboot.org>
Subject: GRUB2 payload build error

I am able to successfully build with SeaBIOS as payload and also able to boot it on
MinnowBoard Max. But when I change the payload to GRUB2, it fails with the following build
error :

Copying file m4/time_h.m4
Copying file m4/unistd-safer.m4
Copying file m4/unistd_h.m4
Copying file m4/vasnprintf.m4
Copying file m4/vsnprintf.m4
Copying file m4/warn-on-use.m4
Copying file m4/wchar_h.m4
Replacing file m4/wchar_t.m4 (non-gnulib code backed up in m4/wchar_t.m4~) !!
Copying file m4/wcrtomb.m4
Copying file m4/wctype_h.m4
Copying file m4/wcwidth.m4
Replacing file m4/wint_t.m4 (non-gnulib code backed up in m4/wint_t.m4~) !!
Replacing file m4/xsize.m4 (non-gnulib code backed up in m4/xsize.m4~) !!
Creating grub-core/lib/gnulib/Makefile.am
Creating m4/gnulib-cache.m4
Creating m4/gnulib-comp.m4
Finished.

You may need to add #include directives for the following .h files.
  #include <fnmatch.h>
  #include <regex.h>
  #include <stdio.h>
  #include <stdlib.h>
  #include "argp.h"
  #include "error.h"
  #include "gettext.h"
  #include "mbswidth.h"
  #include "progname.h"
  #include "save-cwd.h"

You may need to use the following Makefile variables when linking.
Use them in <program>_LDADD when linking a program, or
in <library>_a_LDFLAGS or <library>_la_LDFLAGS when linking a library.
  $(LTLIBINTL) when linking with libtool, $(LIBINTL) otherwise
  $(LTLIBTHREAD) when linking with libtool, $(LIBTHREAD) otherwise

Don't forget to
  - add "grub-core/lib/gnulib/Makefile" to AC_CONFIG_FILES in ./configure.ac,
  - mention "gnulib" in SUBDIRS in grub-core/lib/Makefile.am,
  - mention "-I m4" in ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am,
  - mention "m4/gnulib-cache.m4" in EXTRA_DIST in Makefile.am,
  - invoke gl_EARLY in ./configure.ac, right after AC_PROG_CC,
  - invoke gl_INIT in ./configure.ac.
patching file argp-parse.c
patching file argp-fmtstream.c
patching file argp-help.c
patching file mbswidth.c
patching file mbswidth.h
patching file regcomp.c
Importing unicode...
Importing libgcrypt...
Generating Automake input...
Saving timestamps...
running: AUTOPOINT=true LIBTOOLIZE=true autoreconf --verbose --install --force -I m4 
--no-recursive
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: running: true --force
autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 --force -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --include=m4 --force
configure.ac:414: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_HEADERS
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:505: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LINK_IFELSE
configure.ac:1550: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LANG_CALL
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
./bootstrap: autoreconf failed
Importing unicode...
Importing libgcrypt...
WARNING: grub-core/lib/libgcrypt-grub already exists
WARNING: grub-core/lib/libgcrypt-grub/cipher already exists
WARNING: grub-core/lib/libgcrypt-grub/mpi already exists
WARNING: grub-core/lib/libgcrypt-grub/src already exists
Generating Automake input...
Saving timestamps...
Running autoreconf...
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: running: autopoint --force
Copying file build-aux/config.rpath
Copying file m4/extern-inline.m4
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
configure.ac:414: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_HEADERS
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:505: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LINK_IFELSE
configure.ac:1550: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LANG_CALL
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
Makefile:28: recipe for target 'grub2/build/config.h' failed
make[1]: *** [grub2/build/config.h] Error 1
payloads/external/Makefile.inc:171: recipe for target 'grub2' failed
make: *** [grub2] Error 2


Has anyone seen this error? I tried searching on google and few related but different
posts suggested that it maybe related to incorrect automake files/headers being picked up,
but I couldn't make it working. While I am still searching on it, has anyone seen and
fixed this earlier before?