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

[Tim Rühsen]

Hi Jeff,

On 3/30/20 8:37 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> 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?

We use lzip for tarballs as it compresses much better than gzip. (zip is
not an option for GNU software). So I have something like 8MB (gzip) to
2MB (lzip) in mind (with included test corpora from fuzzing).

Lzip is a ridiculous easy build + install, btw.

> 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

AFAICS, Solaris doesn't come with any autotools by default. Someone
installed them on your Solaris machine. Autotools is a pure developer
software and should be kept up-to-date.
I remember we updated the requirements because at some point gnulib
needed a recent gettext version which needed a recent autotools version
(not sure if that is 100% exact).

Regards, Tim