Compiling from CVS on Debian/SID. status of gettext 0.10.40

[Andrew V. Samoilov]

Bjo"rn Eriksson wrote:
> Executive summary:
> 
>  1] gettext 0.10.40 works on my machine so why do autogen.sh require
> 0.10.3[89]?

There was not 0.10.40 in that time.  I tried to fix this in CVS, but
thers is no space left on device on cvs.gnome.org...

>  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"

So you allow 0.10.30 what is not right.
I use 0.10.3[89]|0.10.4? construction and fix error message.
BTW there is gettext 0.11.x released.  Can somebody test it for mc?


> 
> 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:
> 

Well, I use autoconf 2.52 and have not any problem with 
vfs/samba/configure.in

> 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?
> 


Regards,
Andrew V. Samoilov.