Re: Wget2 and Error: 'gettext' version == 0.16.1 is too old

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 1:13 AM <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi Jeffrey,
>
> For fixing your issue with gettext, you want to set the PATH variable, not 
> PKG_CONFIG_PATH.
>
> Try this:
>
> export PATH=$HOME/tmp/ok_to_delete:$PATH
> ./bootstrap
>
> You might need to set PKG_CONFIG_PATH for libraries, but the gettext binary 
> will be found via the PATH variable.
>
> For the failure due to lzip, you could simply remove the dependency by 
> deleting the relevant line in bootstrap.conf. Lzip is only needed for 
> building a distribution tarball so it's not really a dependency.

Thanks. Most distros provide a Zip program, including OS X and Solaris:

    $ command -v zip
    /usr/bin/zip

I guess there's something else wrong with it?

Is it possible to relax the Autotools requirement:

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 ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}
/usr/share/aclocal/aalib.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_AALIB
/usr/share/aclocal/aalib.m4:12:   run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
/usr/share/aclocal/aalib.m4:12:   or see
http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
configure.ac:22: error: Autoconf version 2.69 or higher is required
configure.ac:22: the top level
autom4te: /usr/bin/gm4 failed with exit status: 63
aclocal: /usr/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 63
autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 63
./bootstrap: autoreconf failed

Solaris provides:

    $ autoconf --version
    autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.68