[3.11] pythongh-105455: Bump to GNU Autoconf v2.71 (python#104925)

Similar to pythongh-104925, but without a hard v2.71 requirement.
The hard check remains at Autoconf 2.69.

Co-authored-by: Christian Heimes <[email protected]>

Author: erlend-aasland

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Configure ccache action
         uses: hendrikmuhs/[email protected]
-      - name: Check Autoconf version 2.69 and aclocal 1.16.3
+      - name: Check Autoconf and aclocal versions
         run: |
-          grep "Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69" configure
-          grep "aclocal 1.16.3" aclocal.m4
+          grep "Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71" configure
+          grep "aclocal 1.16.4" aclocal.m4
           grep -q "runstatedir" configure
           grep -q "PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG" aclocal.m4
       - name: Configure CPython

Makefile.pre.in

@@ -2389,7 +2389,7 @@ regen-configure:
 	@if command -v podman >/dev/null; then RUNTIME="podman"; else RUNTIME="docker"; fi; \
 	if ! command -v $$RUNTIME; then echo "$@ needs either Podman or Docker container runtime." >&2; exit 1; fi; \
 	if command -v selinuxenabled >/dev/null && selinuxenabled; then OPT=":Z"; fi; \
-	CMD="$$RUNTIME run --rm --pull=always -v $(abs_srcdir):/src$$OPT quay.io/tiran/cpython_autoconf:269"; \
+	CMD="$$RUNTIME run --rm --pull=always -v $(abs_srcdir):/src$$OPT quay.io/tiran/cpython_autoconf:271"; \
 	echo $$CMD; \
 	$$CMD || exit $?
 

aclocal.m4

@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@ dnl ***************************************************
 dnl * Please run autoreconf -if to test your changes! *
 dnl ***************************************************
 dnl
-dnl Python's configure.ac file requires autoconf 2.69 and autoconf-archive.
+dnl Python's configure script requires autoconf 2.69, autoconf-archive,
+dnl pkgconf's m4 macros.
+dnl
+dnl It is recommended to use a cpython_autoconf container to regenerate the
+dnl configure script:
+dnl
+dnl podman run --rm --pull=always -v $(pwd):/src:Z quay.io/tiran/cpython_autoconf:271
+dnl docker run --rm --pull=always -v $(pwd):/src quay.io/tiran/cpython_autoconf:271
 dnl
 
 # Set VERSION so we only need to edit in one place (i.e., here)

configure

@@ -781,12 +781,12 @@
 /* Define if you have the 'memfd_create' function. */
 #undef HAVE_MEMFD_CREATE
 
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <memory.h> header file. */
-#undef HAVE_MEMORY_H
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `memrchr' function. */
 #undef HAVE_MEMRCHR
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <minix/config.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_MINIX_CONFIG_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `mkdirat' function. */
 #undef HAVE_MKDIRAT
 
@@ -1173,6 +1173,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <stdint.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_STDINT_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <stdio.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_STDIO_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <stdlib.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_STDLIB_H
 
@@ -1681,21 +1684,87 @@
 #ifndef _ALL_SOURCE
 # undef _ALL_SOURCE
 #endif
+/* Enable general extensions on macOS.  */
+#ifndef _DARWIN_C_SOURCE
+# undef _DARWIN_C_SOURCE
+#endif
+/* Enable general extensions on Solaris.  */
+#ifndef __EXTENSIONS__
+# undef __EXTENSIONS__
+#endif
 /* Enable GNU extensions on systems that have them.  */
 #ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
 # undef _GNU_SOURCE
 #endif
-/* Enable threading extensions on Solaris.  */
+/* Enable X/Open compliant socket functions that do not require linking
+   with -lxnet on HP-UX 11.11.  */
+#ifndef _HPUX_ALT_XOPEN_SOCKET_API
+# undef _HPUX_ALT_XOPEN_SOCKET_API
+#endif
+/* Identify the host operating system as Minix.
+   This macro does not affect the system headers' behavior.
+   A future release of Autoconf may stop defining this macro.  */
+#ifndef _MINIX
+# undef _MINIX
+#endif
+/* Enable general extensions on NetBSD.
+   Enable NetBSD compatibility extensions on Minix.  */
+#ifndef _NETBSD_SOURCE
+# undef _NETBSD_SOURCE
+#endif
+/* Enable OpenBSD compatibility extensions on NetBSD.
+   Oddly enough, this does nothing on OpenBSD.  */
+#ifndef _OPENBSD_SOURCE
+# undef _OPENBSD_SOURCE
+#endif
+/* Define to 1 if needed for POSIX-compatible behavior.  */
+#ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE
+# undef _POSIX_SOURCE
+#endif
+/* Define to 2 if needed for POSIX-compatible behavior.  */
+#ifndef _POSIX_1_SOURCE
+# undef _POSIX_1_SOURCE
+#endif
+/* Enable POSIX-compatible threading on Solaris.  */
 #ifndef _POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS
 # undef _POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS
 #endif
+/* Enable extensions specified by ISO/IEC TS 18661-5:2014.  */
+#ifndef __STDC_WANT_IEC_60559_ATTRIBS_EXT__
+# undef __STDC_WANT_IEC_60559_ATTRIBS_EXT__
+#endif
+/* Enable extensions specified by ISO/IEC TS 18661-1:2014.  */
+#ifndef __STDC_WANT_IEC_60559_BFP_EXT__
+# undef __STDC_WANT_IEC_60559_BFP_EXT__
+#endif
+/* Enable extensions specified by ISO/IEC TS 18661-2:2015.  */
+#ifndef __STDC_WANT_IEC_60559_DFP_EXT__
+# undef __STDC_WANT_IEC_60559_DFP_EXT__
+#endif
+/* Enable extensions specified by ISO/IEC TS 18661-4:2015.  */
+#ifndef __STDC_WANT_IEC_60559_FUNCS_EXT__
+# undef __STDC_WANT_IEC_60559_FUNCS_EXT__
+#endif
+/* Enable extensions specified by ISO/IEC TS 18661-3:2015.  */
+#ifndef __STDC_WANT_IEC_60559_TYPES_EXT__
+# undef __STDC_WANT_IEC_60559_TYPES_EXT__
+#endif
+/* Enable extensions specified by ISO/IEC TR 24731-2:2010.  */
+#ifndef __STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT2__
+# undef __STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT2__
+#endif
+/* Enable extensions specified by ISO/IEC 24747:2009.  */
+#ifndef __STDC_WANT_MATH_SPEC_FUNCS__
+# undef __STDC_WANT_MATH_SPEC_FUNCS__
+#endif
 /* Enable extensions on HP NonStop.  */
 #ifndef _TANDEM_SOURCE
 # undef _TANDEM_SOURCE
 #endif
-/* Enable general extensions on Solaris.  */
-#ifndef __EXTENSIONS__
-# undef __EXTENSIONS__
+/* Enable X/Open extensions.  Define to 500 only if necessary
+   to make mbstate_t available.  */
+#ifndef _XOPEN_SOURCE
+# undef _XOPEN_SOURCE
 #endif
 
 
@@ -1769,22 +1838,12 @@
 /* This must be defined on AIX systems to enable large file support. */
 #undef _LARGE_FILES
 
-/* Define to 1 if on MINIX. */
-#undef _MINIX
-
 /* Define on NetBSD to activate all library features */
 #undef _NETBSD_SOURCE
 
-/* Define to 2 if the system does not provide POSIX.1 features except with
-   this defined. */
-#undef _POSIX_1_SOURCE
-
 /* Define to activate features from IEEE Stds 1003.1-2008 */
 #undef _POSIX_C_SOURCE
 
-/* Define to 1 if you need to in order for `stat' and other things to work. */
-#undef _POSIX_SOURCE
-
 /* Define if you have POSIX threads, and your system does not define that. */
 #undef _POSIX_THREADS
 
@@ -1827,7 +1886,7 @@
 /* Define to `long int' if <sys/types.h> does not define. */
 #undef off_t
 
-/* Define to `int' if <sys/types.h> does not define. */
+/* Define as a signed integer type capable of holding a process identifier. */
 #undef pid_t
 
 /* Define to empty if the keyword does not work. */