Re: [bug-gettext] "make all" failure after bootstrap

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 12/21/2012 05:10 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> Hi again.
> 
> A "make all" invoked after a (successful) "./autogen.sh && ./configure"
> (with $prefix defined to '/usr/local/bleeding' in config.site) aborts
> with the following error:
> 
>   if test -f /usr/local/bleeding/share/gettext/archive.dir.tar.gz; then \
>     gzip -d -c < /usr/local/bleeding/share/gettext/archive.dir.tar.gz > 
> archive.dir.tar-t && mv archive.dir.tar-t archive.dir.tar; \
>   else \
>     if test -f /usr/local/bleeding/share/gettext/archive.dir.tar.bz2; then \
>       bzip2 -d -c < /usr/local/bleeding/share/gettext/archive.dir.tar.bz2 > 
> archive.dir.tar-t && mv archive.dir.tar-t archive.dir.tar; \
>     else \
>       if test -f /usr/local/bleeding/share/gettext/archive.dir.tar.xz; then \
>         xz -d -c < /usr/local/bleeding/share/gettext/archive.dir.tar.xz > 
> archive.dir.tar-t && mv archive.dir.tar-t archive.dir.tar; \
>       else \
>         echo "archive.dir.tar is not under version control. Please copy the 
> archive.dir.tar.{gz,bz2,xz} from an already installed release to 
> gettext-tools/misc/ and decompress it there." 1>&2; \
>         exit 1; \
>       fi; \
>     fi; \
>   fi
>   archive.dir.tar is not under version control. Please copy the 
> archive.dir.tar.{gz,bz2,xz} from an already installed release to 
> gettext-tools/misc/ and decompress it there.
>   Makefile:1842: recipe for target 'archive.dir.tar' failed
>   make[3]: *** [archive.dir.tar] Error 1
>   make[3]: Leaving directory '/devel/bleeding/src/gettext/gettext-tools/misc'
>   Makefile:1681: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
>   make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>   make[2]: Leaving directory '/devel/bleeding/src/gettext/gettext-tools'
>   Makefile:1546: recipe for target 'all' failed
>   make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
>   make[1]: Leaving directory '/devel/bleeding/src/gettext/gettext-tools'
>   Makefile:336: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
>   make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> 
> It seem strange to me that the gettext build system forces me to manually
> copy a file from a *pre-existing* installation in order to complete the
> build.  Is this an user error on my part?  Or is this a glitch in gettext
> that could and should be fixed with more automation?
>
Ping on this?

Regards,
  Stefano