ci: migrate from Travis CI to GitHub Actions (#373)

* ci: migrate from Travis CI to GitHub Actions

Replace Travis CI configuration with GitHub Actions workflows.
Add CI build workflow for Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, and Archlinux.
Add release workflow for automated GitHub releases on tags.
Add dependabot configuration for GHA pin updates.
Remove obsolete .travis.yml.

* ci: add missing PKGBUILD depends to archlinux CI script

* remove .build.yml

* ci: remove redundant GH CLI installation step

* ci: add set -eo pipefail to workflow scripts

* build: add AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4]) for gettext m4 macros

* ci: add missing pkgs

* ci: build mate-desktop from source

* ci: disable pt language for help in search tool in Fedora build

---------

Co-authored-by: Victor Kareh <[email protected]>

12 files changed, 529 insertions, 276 deletions

diff --git a/.build.yml b/.build.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 36a3d405..00000000
--- a/.build.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,201 +0,0 @@
-##########################################################
-# THE FOLLOWING LINES IS USED BY docker-build
-##########################################################
-requires:
-  archlinux:
-    # Useful URL: https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/tree/mate-utils
-    - autoconf-archive
-    - clang
-    - gcc
-    - git
-    - itstool
-    - libcanberra
-    - libgtop
-    - make
-    - mate-common
-    - mate-panel
-    - python
-    - udisks2
-    - which
-    - yelp-tools
-    # mate-desktop dependencies
-    - dconf
-    - gobject-introspection
-    - iso-codes
-
-  debian:
-    # Useful URL: https://github.com/mate-desktop/debian-packages
-    # Useful URL: https://salsa.debian.org/debian-mate-team/mate-utils
-    - autoconf-archive
-    - autopoint
-    - clang
-    - clang-tools
-    - cppcheck
-    - gcc
-    - g++
-    - git
-    - gtk-doc-tools
-    - libcanberra-gtk3-dev
-    - libglib2.0-dev
-    - libgtk-3-dev
-    - libgtop2-dev
-    - libmate-panel-applet-dev
-    - libudisks2-dev
-    - libx11-dev
-    - libxext-dev
-    - libxt-dev
-    - make
-    - mate-common
-    - x11proto-xext-dev
-    - xsltproc
-    - yelp-tools
-    - zlib1g-dev
-    # mate-desktop dependencies
-    - gobject-introspection
-    - iso-codes
-    - libdconf-dev
-    - libgirepository1.0-dev
-
-  fedora:
-    # Useful URL: https://src.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/mate-utils.git
-    - autoconf-archive
-    - clang
-    - clang-analyzer
-    - cppcheck-htmlreport
-    - desktop-file-utils
-    - e2fsprogs-devel
-    - gcc
-    - gcc-c++
-    - git
-    - hardlink
-    - libX11-devel
-    - libXmu-devel
-    - libcanberra-devel
-    - libgtop2-devel
-    - libudisks2-devel
-    - make
-    - mate-common
-    - mate-panel-devel
-    - mesa-libGL-devel
-    - popt-devel
-    - redhat-rpm-config
-    - usermode
-    - yelp-tools
-    # mate-desktop dependencies
-    - dconf-devel
-    - gobject-introspection-devel
-    - iso-codes-devel
-
-  ubuntu:
-    - autoconf-archive
-    - autopoint
-    - clang
-    - clang-tools
-    - g++
-    - git
-    - gtk-doc-tools
-    - libcanberra-gtk3-dev
-    - libdconf-dev
-    - libglib2.0-dev
-    - libgtk-3-dev
-    - libgtop2-dev
-    - libmate-panel-applet-dev
-    - libudisks2-dev
-    - libx11-dev
-    - libxext-dev
-    - libxt-dev
-    - make
-    - mate-common
-    - x11proto-xext-dev
-    - xsltproc
-    - yelp-tools
-    - zlib1g-dev
-    # mate-desktop dependencies
-    - gobject-introspection
-    - iso-codes
-    - libdconf-dev
-    - libgirepository1.0-dev
-
-variables:
-  - 'CHECKERS="
-    -enable-checker deadcode.DeadStores
-    -enable-checker alpha.deadcode.UnreachableCode
-    -enable-checker alpha.core.CastSize
-    -enable-checker alpha.core.CastToStruct
-    -enable-checker alpha.core.IdenticalExpr
-    -enable-checker alpha.core.SizeofPtr
-    -enable-checker alpha.security.ArrayBoundV2
-    -enable-checker alpha.security.MallocOverflow
-    -enable-checker alpha.security.ReturnPtrRange
-    -enable-checker alpha.unix.SimpleStream
-    -enable-checker alpha.unix.cstring.BufferOverlap
-    -enable-checker alpha.unix.cstring.NotNullTerminated
-    -enable-checker alpha.unix.cstring.OutOfBounds
-    -enable-checker alpha.core.FixedAddr
-    -enable-checker security.insecureAPI.strcpy"'
-  - MATE_DESKTOP_VERSION=1.27.1
-
-before_scripts:
-  - cd ${START_DIR}
-  - if [ ! -f mate-desktop-${MATE_DESKTOP_VERSION}.tar.xz ];then
-  -     curl -Ls -o mate-desktop-${MATE_DESKTOP_VERSION}.tar.xz https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-desktop/releases/download/v${MATE_DESKTOP_VERSION}/mate-desktop-${MATE_DESKTOP_VERSION}.tar.xz
-  - fi
-  - tar xf mate-desktop-${MATE_DESKTOP_VERSION}.tar.xz
-  - cd mate-desktop-${MATE_DESKTOP_VERSION}
-  - if [ ${DISTRO_NAME} == "debian" -o ${DISTRO_NAME} == "ubuntu" ];then
-  -     ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --libexecdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
-  - else
-  -     ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
-  - fi
-  - if [ ${TRAVIS} == "false" ]; then
-  -     make clean
-  - fi
-  - make
-  - make install
-
-  - cd ${START_DIR}
-  # disable pt language for help in search tool
-  - sed -i s/"IGNORE_HELP_LINGUAS ="/"IGNORE_HELP_LINGUAS = pt"/g gsearchtool/help/Makefile.am
-
-build_scripts:
-  - if [ ${DISTRO_NAME} == "debian" ];then
-  -     export CFLAGS+=" -Wsign-compare"
-  -     cppcheck --enable=warning,style,performance,portability,information,missingInclude .
-  - fi
-
-  - NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
-  - scan-build $CHECKERS ./configure --enable-compile-warnings=maximum
-  - if [ $CPU_COUNT -gt 1 ]; then
-  -     if [ ${DISTRO_NAME} == "debian" ];then
-  -         scan-build $CHECKERS --keep-cc --use-cc=clang --use-c++=clang++ -o html-report make -j $CPU_COUNT
-  -         make clean
-  -     fi
-  -     scan-build $CHECKERS --keep-cc -o html-report make -j $CPU_COUNT
-  - else
-  -     if [ ${DISTRO_NAME} == "debian" ];then
-  -         scan-build $CHECKERS --keep-cc --use-cc=clang --use-c++=clang++ -o html-report make
-  -         make clean
-  -     fi
-  -     scan-build $CHECKERS --keep-cc -o html-report make
-  - fi
-
-after_scripts:
-  - if [ ${DISTRO_NAME} == "fedora" ];then
-  -   cppcheck --xml --output-file=cppcheck.xml --enable=warning,style,performance,portability,information,missingInclude .
-  -   cppcheck-htmlreport --title=${REPO_NAME} --file=cppcheck.xml --report-dir=cppcheck-htmlreport
-  -   ./gen-index -l 20
-  - fi
-  - make distcheck
-
-releases:
-  draft: false
-  prerelease: false
-  checksum: true
-  file_glob: true
-  files: mate-utils-*.tar.xz
-  github_release:
-    tags: true
-    overwrite: true
-    base_version: 1.20.0
-    notify_servers:
-      - https://release.mate-desktop.org/release
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80851cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Enable dependabot to keep our GHA pins automatically
+# updated, so we don't fall too far behind in the future
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
diff --git a/.github/workflows/archlinux.sh b/.github/workflows/archlinux.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ac20758a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/archlinux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+# Use grouped output messages
+infobegin() {
+	echo "::group::${1}"
+}
+infoend() {
+	echo "::endgroup::"
+}
+
+# Required packages on Archlinux
+requires=(
+	ccache # Use ccache to speed up build
+	clang  # Build with clang on Archlinux
+)
+
+# https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/mate-utils
+requires+=(
+	autoconf-archive
+	gcc
+	gettext
+	git
+	glib2-devel
+	inkscape
+	intltool
+	itstool
+	libcanberra
+	libgtop
+	libsm
+	libxml2
+	make
+	mate-common
+	mate-desktop
+	mate-panel
+	python
+	udisks2
+	which
+	yelp-tools
+)
+
+infobegin "Update system"
+pacman --noconfirm -Syu
+infoend
+
+infobegin "Install dependency packages"
+pacman --noconfirm -S ${requires[@]}
+infoend
diff --git a/.github/workflows/builds.sh b/.github/workflows/builds.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..11c063b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/builds.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+CPUS=$(grep processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
+
+# Use grouped output messages
+infobegin() {
+	echo "::group::${1}"
+}
+infoend() {
+	echo "::endgroup::"
+}
+
+if [ -f autogen.sh ]; then
+	if [ "$DISTRO" = "fedora" ]; then
+		# disable pt language for help in search tool
+		# See: https://github.com/itstool/itstool/issues/36
+		infobegin "Apply Portuguese gsearchtool help workaround"
+		sed -i 's/^IGNORE_HELP_LINGUAS =.*$/IGNORE_HELP_LINGUAS = pt/' gsearchtool/help/Makefile.am
+		infoend
+	fi
+
+	infobegin "Configure (autotools)"
+	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
+	./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-compile-warnings=maximum || {
+		cat config.log
+		exit 1
+	}
+	infoend
+
+	infobegin "Build (autotools)"
+	make -j ${CPUS}
+	infoend
+
+	infobegin "Check (autotools)"
+	make -j ${CPUS} check || {
+		true
+	}
+	infoend
+
+	infobegin "Distcheck (autotools)"
+	make -j ${CPUS} distcheck
+	infoend
+fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/builds.yml b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eafdc6f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+name: CI Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# cancel already running builds of the same branch or pull request
+concurrency:
+  group: ci-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.head_ref || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  MATE_DESKTOP_VERSION: 1.28.2
+  CACHE_PATH: /tmp/.cache
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build on ${{matrix.container}} (using ${{matrix.cc}})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: ${{matrix.container}}
+      volumes:
+        - /tmp/.cache
+        - /var/cache/apt
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false # don't cancel other jobs in the matrix if one fails
+      matrix:
+        container:
+          [
+            "debian:testing",
+            "fedora:latest",
+            "ubuntu:rolling",
+            "archlinux:latest",
+          ]
+        cc: ["gcc"]
+        cxx: ["g++"]
+        include:
+          - container: "archlinux:latest"
+            cc: "clang"
+            cxx: "clang++"
+
+    env:
+      # Speed up build with ccache
+      CC: ccache ${{ matrix.cc }}
+      CXX: ccache ${{ matrix.cxx }}
+      CONTAINER: ${{ matrix.container }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup environment variables
+        id: distro-name
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          split=(${CONTAINER//:/ })
+          distro=${split[0]}
+          short_sha=${SHA:0:8}
+          echo "DISTRO=$distro" | tee -a  $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Install git command
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "::group::Install git ..."
+          apt-get update -qq && apt-get install --assume-yes git || true
+          dnf update -y && dnf install -y git || true
+          pacman --noconfirm -Sy git || true
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+      - name: Repository checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          submodules: "true"
+      - name: Install dependency packages
+        run: .github/workflows/${{ env.DISTRO }}.sh
+      - name: Enable ccache to speed up builds
+        uses: hendrikmuhs/[email protected]
+        with:
+          key: ${{ env.DISTRO }}-${{ matrix.cc }}
+
+      # INFO: mate-utils depends mate-desktop 1.27.1+, so we should install it from source.
+      - name: Cache mate-desktop binary packages
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
+        id: cache-mate-desktop
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.CACHE_PATH }}
+          key: ${{ env.DISTRO }}-build-mate-desktop-${{env.MATE_DESKTOP_VERSION}}
+      - name: Built and install mate-desktop from source
+        run: .github/workflows/mate-desktop.sh ${{env.MATE_DESKTOP_VERSION}} ${{ env.CACHE_PATH }}
+      # INFO: mate-utils depends mate-desktop 1.27.1+, install finished.
+
+      - name: Build the source code
+        run: .github/workflows/builds.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/debian.sh b/.github/workflows/debian.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7e431930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/debian.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+# Use grouped output messages
+infobegin() {
+	echo "::group::${1}"
+}
+infoend() {
+	echo "::endgroup::"
+}
+
+# Required packages on Debian
+requires=(
+	ccache # Use ccache to speed up build
+)
+
+requires+=(
+	autoconf-archive
+	autopoint
+	gcc
+	g++
+	git
+	gtk-doc-tools
+	libcanberra-gtk3-dev
+	libglib2.0-dev
+	libgtk-3-dev
+	libgtop2-dev
+	libmate-panel-applet-dev
+	libudisks2-dev
+	libx11-dev
+	libxext-dev
+	libxt-dev
+	make
+	mate-common
+	x11proto-xext-dev
+	xsltproc
+	yelp-tools
+	zlib1g-dev
+	gobject-introspection
+	iso-codes
+	libdconf-dev
+	libgirepository1.0-dev
+)
+
+infobegin "Update system"
+apt-get update -qq
+infoend
+
+infobegin "Install dependency packages"
+env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+	apt-get install --assume-yes \
+	${requires[@]}
+infoend
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fedora.sh b/.github/workflows/fedora.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c8892639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/fedora.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+# Use grouped output messages
+infobegin() {
+	echo "::group::${1}"
+}
+infoend() {
+	echo "::endgroup::"
+}
+
+# Required packages on Fedora
+requires=(
+	ccache # Use ccache to speed up build
+)
+
+requires+=(
+	autoconf-archive
+	desktop-file-utils
+	e2fsprogs-devel
+	gcc
+	gcc-c++
+	git
+	hardlink
+	libX11-devel
+	libXmu-devel
+	libcanberra-devel
+	libgtop2-devel
+	libudisks2-devel
+	make
+	mate-common
+	mate-panel-devel
+	mesa-libGL-devel
+	popt-devel
+	redhat-rpm-config
+	usermode
+	yelp-tools
+	dconf-devel
+	gobject-introspection-devel
+	iso-codes-devel
+)
+
+infobegin "Update system"
+dnf update -y
+infoend
+
+infobegin "Install dependency packages"
+dnf install -y ${requires[@]}
+infoend
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mate-desktop.sh b/.github/workflows/mate-desktop.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b55046d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/mate-desktop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+NAME="mate-desktop"
+TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+OS=$(cat /etc/os-release | grep ^ID | head -n 1 | awk -F= '{ print $2}')
+TAG=$1
+CACHE_DIR=$2
+
+# Use grouped output messages
+infobegin() {
+	echo "::group::${1}"
+}
+infoend() {
+	echo "::endgroup::"
+}
+
+# Required packages to build mate-desktop
+# https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/mate-desktop
+arch_requires=(
+	autoconf-archive
+	gobject-introspection
+	mate-common
+	intltool
+)
+
+# https://salsa.debian.org/debian-mate-team/mate-desktop/-/blob/master/debian/control
+debian_requires=(
+	autoconf-archive
+	autopoint
+	gobject-introspection
+	gtk-doc-tools
+	intltool
+	iso-codes
+	libdconf-dev
+	libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev
+	libgirepository1.0-dev
+	libglib2.0-dev
+	libglib2.0-doc
+	libgtk-3-dev
+	libgtk-3-doc
+	librsvg2-bin
+	libstartup-notification0-dev
+	libx11-dev
+	libxml2-dev
+	libxrandr-dev
+	mate-common
+)
+
+# https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/mate-desktop/blob/rawhide/f/mate-desktop.spec
+fedora_requires=(
+	dconf-devel
+	desktop-file-utils
+	gobject-introspection-devel
+	make
+	mate-common
+	startup-notification-devel
+	gtk3-devel
+	iso-codes-devel
+	gobject-introspection-devel
+	cairo-gobject-devel
+)
+
+# https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mate-desktop/tree/debian/control
+ubuntu_requires=(
+	autoconf-archive
+	autopoint
+	gobject-introspection
+	gtk-doc-tools
+	intltool
+	iso-codes
+	libdconf-dev
+	libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev
+	libgirepository1.0-dev
+	libglib2.0-dev
+	libglib2.0-doc
+	libgtk-3-dev
+	libgtk-3-doc
+	librsvg2-bin
+	libstartup-notification0-dev
+	libx11-dev
+	libxml2-dev
+	libxrandr-dev
+	mate-common
+)
+
+requires=$(eval echo '${'"${OS}_requires[@]}")
+
+infobegin "Install Depends for mate-desktop"
+case ${OS} in
+arch)
+	pacman --noconfirm -Syu
+	pacman --noconfirm -S ${requires[@]}
+	;;
+debian | ubuntu)
+	apt-get update -qq
+	env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+		apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends ${requires[@]}
+	;;
+fedora)
+	dnf update -y
+	dnf install -y ${requires[@]}
+	;;
+esac
+infoend
+
+# Use cached packages first
+if [ -f $CACHE_DIR/${NAME}-${TAG}.tar.xz ]; then
+	echo "Found cache package, reuse it"
+	tar -C / -Jxf $CACHE_DIR/${NAME}-${TAG}.tar.xz
+else
+	git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/mate-desktop/${NAME}
+
+	# Foldable output information
+	infobegin "Configure"
+	cd ${NAME}
+	git checkout v${TAG}
+	if [[ ${OS} == "debian" || ${OS} == "ubuntu" ]]; then
+		./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --libexecdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu || {
+			cat config.log
+			exit 1
+		}
+	else
+		./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr || {
+			cat config.log
+			exit 1
+		}
+	fi
+	infoend
+
+	infobegin "Build"
+	make -j ${JOBS}
+	infoend
+
+	infobegin "Install"
+	make install
+	infoend
+
+	# Cache this package version
+	infobegin "Cache"
+	[ -d ${CACHE_DIR} ] || mkdir -p ${CACHE_DIR}
+	make install DESTDIR=${TEMP_DIR}
+	cd $TEMP_DIR
+	tar -J -cf $CACHE_DIR/${NAME}-${TAG}.tar.xz *
+	infoend
+fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7382340c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Release Version
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*.*.*"
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Release New Version
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Repository checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          submodules: "true"
+
+      - name: Install dependency packages
+        run: sudo .github/workflows/ubuntu.sh
+
+      - name: Build the source code
+        run: .github/workflows/builds.sh autotools
+      - name: Create github release
+        run: |
+          gh release create ${{ github.ref_name }} --title ${{ github.ref_name }} --generate-notes mate-utils-*.tar.xz
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.sh b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..95f5e7d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+# Use grouped output messages
+infobegin() {
+	echo "::group::${1}"
+}
+infoend() {
+	echo "::endgroup::"
+}
+
+# Required packages on Ubuntu
+requires=(
+	ccache # Use ccache to speed up build
+)
+
+requires+=(
+	autoconf-archive
+	autopoint
+	g++
+	git
+	gtk-doc-tools
+	libcanberra-gtk3-dev
+	libdconf-dev
+	libglib2.0-dev
+	libgtk-3-dev
+	libgtop2-dev
+	libmate-panel-applet-dev
+	libudisks2-dev
+	libx11-dev
+	libxext-dev
+	libxt-dev
+	make
+	mate-common
+	x11proto-xext-dev
+	xsltproc
+	yelp-tools
+	zlib1g-dev
+	gobject-introspection
+	iso-codes
+	libgirepository1.0-dev
+)
+
+infobegin "Update system"
+apt-get update -y
+infoend
+
+infobegin "Install dependency packages"
+env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+	apt-get install --assume-yes \
+	${requires[@]}
+infoend
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 451d1b91..00000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-# vim: set ts=2 sts=2 sw=2 expandtab :
-dist: jammy
-language: shell
-os: linux
-services:
-  - docker
-addons:
-  apt:
-    packages:
-      - python3-pip
-      - python3-setuptools
-
-branches:
-  except:
-    - gh-pages
-
-before_install:
-  - curl -Ls -o docker-build https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-dev-scripts/raw/master/travis/docker-build
-  - curl -Ls -o gen-index https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-dev-scripts/raw/master/travis/gen-index.sh
-  - chmod +x docker-build gen-index
-
-install:
-  - pip3 install PyGithub
-  - ./docker-build --name ${DISTRO} --config .build.yml --install
-
-script:
-  - ./docker-build --name ${DISTRO} --verbose --config .build.yml --build scripts
-
-notifications:
-  irc:
-    if: (tag OR branch = master) AND
-        repo = "mate-desktop/mate-utils"
-    channels:
-      - "irc.libera.chat#mate-dev"
-    template:
-      - "[%{repository_name}] %{author}: %{commit_subject}"
-      - "[%{branch}] %{commit} %{message} %{build_url}"
-    on_success: never
-    on_failure: always
-
-deploy:
-  - provider: pages
-    edge: true
-    token: $GITHUB_TOKEN
-    keep_history: false
-    committer_from_gh: true
-    target_branch: gh-pages
-    local_dir: html-report
-    strategy: git
-    on:
-      all_branches: true
-      condition: ${DISTRO} =~ ^fedora.*$
-  - provider: script
-    edge: true
-    script: ./docker-build --verbose --config .build.yml --release github
-    on:
-      tags: true
-      condition: "${TRAVIS_TAG} =~ ^v.*$ && ${DISTRO} =~ ^fedora.*$"
-
-after_success:
-  - 'if [[ "$TRAVIS_SECURE_ENV_VARS" == "true" && "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" && ${DISTRO} =~ ^fedora.*$ ]]; then
-        REPO_SLUG_ARRAY=(${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG//\// });
-        REPO_NAME=${REPO_SLUG_ARRAY[1]};
-        URL="https://${REPO_NAME}.mate-desktop.dev";
-        COMMENT="Code analysis completed";
-        curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" -X POST
-           -d "{\"state\": \"success\", \"description\": \"$COMMENT\", \"context\":\"scan-build\", \"target_url\": \"$URL\"}"
-           https://api.github.com/repos/${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}/statuses/${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_SHA};
-     fi'
-
-env:
-#  - DISTRO="archlinux:latest"
-  - DISTRO="debian:testing"
-  - DISTRO="fedora:latest"
-#  - DISTRO="ubuntu:rolling"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c2441888..7a6d86b5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ AC_INIT([mate-utils],
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign subdir-objects dist-xz no-dist-gzip check-news]) #the foreign flavour disables warnings if README, NEWS such files are not present which are issued in the default gnu flavour
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])