Executive summary:
1] gettext 0.10.40 works on my machine so why do autogen.sh require
0.10.3[89]?
2] vfs/samba/configure.in could use a AC_PREREQ(2.50) or a rename.
Details:
Compile errors on my Debian/sid machine. I have autoconf (GNU Autoconf)
2.53, automake (GNU automake) 1.5, gettext (GNU gettext) 0.10.40
bjorn(4)@bjorndell:~/src/mc$ grep -C gettext_ver autogen.sh
# Ensure that gettext is reasonably new.
gettext_ver=`$GETTEXTIZE --version | sed -n '1s/^.* //p'`
case $gettext_ver in
0.10.[34][089]) ;;
*) echo "Don't use gettext other than versions 0.10.38 and 0.10.39"
bjorn(4)@bjorndell:~/src/mc$ cat .cvsignore | xargs rm
bjorn(4)@bjorndell:~/src/mc$ ./autogen.sh
configure.in:11: warning: do not use m4_patsubst: use patsubst or m4_bpatsubst
configure.in:816: warning: do not use m4_regexp: use regexp or m4_bregexp
autoheader2.50: `config.h.in' is created
configure.in:71: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross compiling
configure.in:72: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without default to allow cross compiling
/usr/bin/autoheader2.13: Symbol `HAVE_CONNECT' is not covered by /usr/share/autoconf2.13/acconfig.h ./acconfig.h
/usr/bin/autoheader2.13: Symbol `HAVE_MEMSET' is not covered by /usr/share/autoconf2.13/acconfig.h ./acconfig.h
/usr/bin/autoheader2.13: Symbol `HAVE_STRCASECMP' is not covered by /usr/share/autoconf2.13/acconfig.h ./acconfig.h
/usr/bin/autoheader2.13: Symbol `ino_t' is not covered by /usr/share/autoconf2.13/acconfig.h ./acconfig.h
/usr/bin/autoheader2.13: Symbol `loff_t' is not covered by /usr/share/autoconf2.13/acconfig.h ./acconfig.h
/usr/bin/autoheader2.13: Symbol `offset_t' is not covered by /usr/share/autoconf2.13/acconfig.h ./acconfig.h
/usr/bin/autoheader2.13: Symbol `ssize_t' is not covered by /usr/share/autoconf2.13/acconfig.h ./acconfig.h
Upon further inspection I see the debian maintainer for autoconf has
implemented a system of wrappers for autoconf and autoconf2.13 to
support old code. From /usr/share/doc/autoconf2.13/Debian.readme.gz:
<... snip ...>
It is troublesome to determine which programs need this compatibility
package and adapt them for it. As a result, this package has wrappers
for autoconf, autoheader, and autoreconf. Each of these attempts to
detect which Autoconf is needed and run the correct version of the
tool.
<... snip ...>
To force Autoconf 2.13 to be used, name the Autoconf input file
`configure.in' and omit the use of AC_PREREQ() or specify a minimum
version of 2.13 or earlier. To force Autoconf 2.50 to be used, name
the input file `configure.ac' or use AC_PREREQ(2.50).
<... snip ...>
We have a AC_PREREQ(2.52) in mc/configure.in but not in
mc/vfs/samba/configure.in so I did a rename:
bjorn(4)@bjorndell:~/src/mc$ mv vfs/samba/configure.in vfs/samba/configure.ac
and reran 'xargs rm' && ./autogen.sh
bjorn(4)@bjorndell:~/src/mc$ ./autogen.sh
configure.ac:11: warning: do not use m4_patsubst: use patsubst or
m4_bpatsubst
configure.ac:816: warning: do not use m4_regexp: use regexp or
m4_bregexp
autoheader2.50: `config.h.in' is unchanged
WARNING: Using auxiliary files such as `acconfig.h', `config.h.bot'
WARNING: and `config.h.top', to define templates for `config.h.in'
WARNING: is deprecated and discouraged.
WARNING: Using the third argument of `AC_DEFINE' and
WARNING: `AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED' allows to define a template without
WARNING: `acconfig.h':
WARNING: AC_DEFINE([NEED_MAIN], 1,
WARNING: [Define if a function `main' is needed.])
WARNING: More sophisticated templates can also be produced, see the
WARNING: documentation.
autoheader2.50: `include/config.h.in' is created
configure: creating cache config.cache
<...snip...>
Configuration:
Source code location: .
Compiler: gcc
Compiler flags: -g -O2 -Wall
File system: Midnight Commander Virtual File System
tarfs, mcfs, ftpfs, fish
Screen manager: SLang with terminfo
Install console saver: yes
Mouse support: GPM and xterm
X11 events support: no
Debugger code: none
With subshell support: yes
Internal editor: yes
Install path: /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib/mc
Works. Phew. Five minutes later my make has finished without errors so
I wonder why the requirment for gettext-0.10.3[89] stands?
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