Problem installing gettext 0.11.5 with prefix=...

[Paul Smith]

I'm using stow now, so I typically run commands like this (I don't
really use /usr/gnu, this is just an example :):

  $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/gnu

  $ make

  $ make check

  $ make install prefix=/usr/gnu/stow/gettext-0.11.5

  $ cd /usr/gnu/stow

  $ stow gettext-0.11.5

In the latest version of gettext (at least) this doesn't work 100%;
everything works fine except for the install of libgettextsrc.so.


Debugging shows that the libgettextlib.la file doesn't include a relink
command, but that libgettextsrc.la _does_ include one.

Because a relink command is present for libgettextsrc, when we run "make
install" and invoke "libtool --mode=install ... libgettextsrc.la", it
decides a relink is needed, but the attempt to relink fails:

  /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/local/autotools/stow/gettext-0.11.5/lib
   /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c  libgettextsrc.la 
/usr/local/autotools/stow/gettext-0.11.5/lib/libgettextsrc.la
  libtool: install: warning: relinking `libgettextsrc.la'
  cd /opt/src/autotools/gettext-0.11.5/src; /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=relink 
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -o libgettextsrc.la -rpath /usr/local/autotools/lib -release 
0.11.5 
  ../lib/libgettextlib.la -lc -no-undefined message.lo po.lo po-lex.lo 
po-gram-gen.lo po-hash-gen.lo po-charset.lo open-po.lo dir-list.lo str-list.lo 
read-po.lo w
  rite-po.lo msgl-ascii.lo msgl-iconv.lo msgl-equal.lo msgl-cat.lo 
msgl-english.lo file-list.lo msgl-charset.lo po-time.lo plural.lo 
plural-table.lo format.lo for
  mat-c.lo format-python.lo format-lisp.lo format-elisp.lo format-librep.lo 
format-java.lo format-awk.lo format-pascal.lo format-ycp.lo format-tcl.lo
  mv: cannot stat `libgettextsrc-0.11.5.so': No such file or directory
  libtool: install: error: relink `libgettextsrc.la' with the above command 
before installing it
  libtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool --finish 
/usr/local/autotools/lib'


I've tried to figure out what's going on, but so far no joy :(.

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