Re: New version of gettext is causing fireperf to fail to build

[Adolf Belka <adolf.belka@ipfire.org>]

Hi Michael,

On 13/05/2025 16:24, Michael Tremer wrote:
> Hello Adolf,
> 
> Yay, a breaking change in Gettext. This might hurt us a lot then…
> 
> The “autogen.sh” script is just a script that I wrote which takes care of setting up autoconf/automake and intltool.
> 
> What happens when you add autopoint to that script? Or run autopoint before running the script?

I added autopoint into the LFS just before the autogen.sh line.

It failed to build with the following log output:-


May 13 18:16:55: Building fireperf make: Entering directory '/home/build/sandbox/ipfire-2.x/lfs'
make: Nothing to be done for 'download'.
make: Leaving directory '/home/build/sandbox/ipfire-2.x/lfs'
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/lfs'
fireperf-0.2.0.tar.gz checksum OK
====================================== Installing fireperf-0.2.0 ...
Install started; saving file list to /usr/src/lsalr ...
fireperf-0.2.0/
fireperf-0.2.0/.gitignore
fireperf-0.2.0/Makefile.am
fireperf-0.2.0/autogen.sh
fireperf-0.2.0/configure.ac
fireperf-0.2.0/debian/
fireperf-0.2.0/debian/build.sh
fireperf-0.2.0/debian/changelog
fireperf-0.2.0/debian/compat
fireperf-0.2.0/debian/control
fireperf-0.2.0/debian/copyright
fireperf-0.2.0/debian/rules
fireperf-0.2.0/m4/
fireperf-0.2.0/m4/.gitignore
fireperf-0.2.0/man/
fireperf-0.2.0/man/.gitignore
fireperf-0.2.0/man/asciidoc.conf
fireperf-0.2.0/man/fireperf.txt
fireperf-0.2.0/po/
fireperf-0.2.0/po/.gitignore
fireperf-0.2.0/po/POTFILES.in
fireperf-0.2.0/src/
fireperf-0.2.0/src/.gitignore
fireperf-0.2.0/src/client.c
fireperf-0.2.0/src/client.h
fireperf-0.2.0/src/logging.c
fireperf-0.2.0/src/logging.h
fireperf-0.2.0/src/main.c
fireperf-0.2.0/src/main.h
fireperf-0.2.0/src/random.c
fireperf-0.2.0/src/random.h
fireperf-0.2.0/src/server.c
fireperf-0.2.0/src/server.h
fireperf-0.2.0/src/util.c
fireperf-0.2.0/src/util.h
cd /usr/src/fireperf-0.2.0 && autopoint
autopoint: *** Missing version: please specify in configure.ac through a line 'AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(x.yy.zz)' the gettext version the package is using
autopoint: *** Stop.
make: *** [fireperf:84: /usr/src/log/fireperf-0.2.0] Error 1
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/lfs'


So I created a patch to add AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.25) into the configure.ac

This then failed with the following log output:-

autopoint: *** AM_GNU_GETTEXT without 'external' argument is no longer supported in version 0.25

So I added AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external]) into configure.ac and tried again with log output


May 13 18:48:57: Building fireperf make: Entering directory '/home/ahb/sandbox/ipfire-2.x/lfs'
make: Nothing to be done for 'download'.
make: Leaving directory '/home/ahb/sandbox/ipfire-2.x/lfs'
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/lfs'
fireperf-0.2.0.tar.gz checksum OK
====================================== Installing fireperf-0.2.0 ...
Install started; saving file list to /usr/src/lsalr ...
fireperf-0.2.0/
fireperf-0.2.0/.gitignore
fireperf-0.2.0/Makefile.am
fireperf-0.2.0/autogen.sh
fireperf-0.2.0/configure.ac
fireperf-0.2.0/debian/
fireperf-0.2.0/debian/build.sh
fireperf-0.2.0/debian/changelog
fireperf-0.2.0/debian/compat
fireperf-0.2.0/debian/control
fireperf-0.2.0/debian/copyright
fireperf-0.2.0/debian/rules
fireperf-0.2.0/m4/
fireperf-0.2.0/m4/.gitignore
fireperf-0.2.0/man/
fireperf-0.2.0/man/.gitignore
fireperf-0.2.0/man/asciidoc.conf
fireperf-0.2.0/man/fireperf.txt
fireperf-0.2.0/po/
fireperf-0.2.0/po/.gitignore
fireperf-0.2.0/po/POTFILES.in
fireperf-0.2.0/src/
fireperf-0.2.0/src/.gitignore
fireperf-0.2.0/src/client.c
fireperf-0.2.0/src/client.h
fireperf-0.2.0/src/logging.c
fireperf-0.2.0/src/logging.h
fireperf-0.2.0/src/main.c
fireperf-0.2.0/src/main.h
fireperf-0.2.0/src/random.c
fireperf-0.2.0/src/random.h
fireperf-0.2.0/src/server.c
fireperf-0.2.0/src/server.h
fireperf-0.2.0/src/util.c
fireperf-0.2.0/src/util.h
cd /usr/src/fireperf-0.2.0 && patch -Np1 -i /usr/src/src/patches/fireperf-0.2.0_add_gettext_version_to_configure.ac.patch
patching file configure.ac
cd /usr/src/fireperf-0.2.0 && autopoint
Copying file ABOUT-NLS
Creating directory build-aux
Copying file build-aux/config.rpath
Copying file m4/build-to-host.m4
Copying file m4/gettext.m4
Copying file m4/host-cpu-c-abi.m4
Copying file m4/iconv.m4
Copying file m4/intlmacosx.m4
Copying file m4/lib-ld.m4
Copying file m4/lib-link.m4
Copying file m4/lib-prefix.m4
Copying file m4/nls.m4
Copying file m4/po.m4
Copying file m4/progtest.m4
Copying file po/Makefile.in.in
Copying file po/Makevars.template
Copying file po/Rules-quot
Copying file po/boldquot.sed
Copying file po/en@boldquot.header
Copying file po/en@quot.header
Copying file po/insert-header.sed
Copying file po/quot.sed
Copying file po/remove-potcdate.sed
cd /usr/src/fireperf-0.2.0 && ./autogen.sh
autopoint: File po/Makefile.in.in has been locally modified.
autopoint: *** Some files have been locally modified. Not overwriting them because --force has not been specified. For your convenience, you find the local modifications in the file '/tmp/arhsZdgd/gtso2IqI/autopoint.diff'.
autopoint: *** Stop.
autoreconf: error: autopoint failed with exit status: 1
make: *** [fireperf:86: /usr/src/log/fireperf-0.2.0] Error 1
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/lfs'


Run out of ideas of what, if anything, to change further or in place of what I have tried.

Regards,
Adolf.


> -Michael
> 
>> On 13 May 2025, at 15:12, Adolf Belka <adolf.belka@ipfire.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am running some package updates and one of those was gettext from 0.24 to 0.25
>>
>> gettext built without any problems but when the build got to fireperf it failed. Restoring gettext to the 0.24 version caused fireperf to build without any problems.
>>
>> The fireperf build log content was:-
>>
>> May 13 13:19:31: Building fireperf make: Entering directory '/home/build/sandbox/ipfire-2.x/lfs'
>> make: Nothing to be done for 'download'.
>> make: Leaving directory '/home/build/sandbox/ipfire-2.x/lfs'
>> make: Entering directory '/usr/src/lfs'
>> fireperf-0.2.0.tar.gz checksum OK
>> ====================================== Installing fireperf-0.2.0 ...
>> Install started; saving file list to /usr/src/lsalr ...
>> fireperf-0.2.0/
>> fireperf-0.2.0/.gitignore
>> fireperf-0.2.0/Makefile.am
>> fireperf-0.2.0/autogen.sh
>> fireperf-0.2.0/configure.ac
>> fireperf-0.2.0/debian/
>> fireperf-0.2.0/debian/build.sh
>> fireperf-0.2.0/debian/changelog
>> fireperf-0.2.0/debian/compat
>> fireperf-0.2.0/debian/control
>> fireperf-0.2.0/debian/copyright
>> fireperf-0.2.0/debian/rules
>> fireperf-0.2.0/m4/
>> fireperf-0.2.0/m4/.gitignore
>> fireperf-0.2.0/man/
>> fireperf-0.2.0/man/.gitignore
>> fireperf-0.2.0/man/asciidoc.conf
>> fireperf-0.2.0/man/fireperf.txt
>> fireperf-0.2.0/po/
>> fireperf-0.2.0/po/.gitignore
>> fireperf-0.2.0/po/POTFILES.in
>> fireperf-0.2.0/src/
>> fireperf-0.2.0/src/.gitignore
>> fireperf-0.2.0/src/client.c
>> fireperf-0.2.0/src/client.h
>> fireperf-0.2.0/src/logging.c
>> fireperf-0.2.0/src/logging.h
>> fireperf-0.2.0/src/main.c
>> fireperf-0.2.0/src/main.h
>> fireperf-0.2.0/src/random.c
>> fireperf-0.2.0/src/random.h
>> fireperf-0.2.0/src/server.c
>> fireperf-0.2.0/src/server.h
>> fireperf-0.2.0/src/util.c
>> fireperf-0.2.0/src/util.h
>> cd /usr/src/fireperf-0.2.0 && ./autogen.sh
>> libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, 'build-aux'.
>> libtoolize: linking file 'build-aux/ltmain.sh'
>> libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
>> libtoolize: linking file 'm4/libtool.m4'
>> libtoolize: linking file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
>> libtoolize: linking file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
>> libtoolize: linking file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
>> libtoolize: linking file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
>> You should update your 'aclocal.m4' by running aclocal.
>> intltoolize: 'po/Makefile.in.in' exists: use '--force' to overwrite
>> configure.ac:21: warning: The macro 'AC_PROG_CC_STDC' is obsolete.
>> configure.ac:21: You should run autoupdate.
>> ./lib/autoconf/c.m4:1669: AC_PROG_CC_STDC is expanded from...
>> configure.ac:21: the top level
>> configure.ac:32: warning: AM_NLS is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
>> m4/intltool.m4:27: IT_PROG_INTLTOOL is expanded from...
>> configure.ac:32: the top level
>> configure:13968: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_NLS
>>       If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
>>       See the Autoconf documentation.
>> autoreconf: error: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
>> make: *** [fireperf:84: /usr/src/log/fireperf-0.2.0] Error 1
>> make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/lfs'
>>
>>
>> I found the following in the 0.24.1 version changelog
>>
>> * Bug fixes:
>>   - Fix bad interactions between autoreconf and autopoint.
>>
>> and the following bug in gettext "bug #67090: autotools issue with gettext-tools 0.24.1"
>>
>> with the conclusion
>>
>> I have now added a piece of documentation that clarifies how to obtain the autoconf macros, and that autoreconf is discouraged for this purpose:
>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gettext.git;a=commitdiff;h=43f5ac51ddeb1b70a7b9647cb45cfeee67fd8c41
>>
>> fireperf is using autogen.sh to create the configure file and it runs autoreconf.
>>
>> It looks like with the latest gettext version autoreconf should be replaced with some other method but I have no idea what?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adolf.
>>
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