Re: ABOUT-NLS not found when compiling from git master

[Nils Andre]

The latest master worked for me. Thanks!

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 09:09:05PM +0200, Tim Rühsen wrote:
> Hi Nils,
> 
> adding AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION back to configure.ac also auto-generates
> ABOUT-NLS for me. Can you try again with latest master ?
> 
> Regards, Tim
> 
> On 13.04.21 14:47, Nils Andre wrote:
> > I'm trying to compile wget from source but I get the following error:
> > 
> > ```
> > You may need to use the following Makefile variables when linking.
> > Use them in <program>_LDADD when linking a program, or
> > in <library>_a_LDFLAGS or <library>_la_LDFLAGS when linking a library.
> >    $(GETADDRINFO_LIB)
> >    $(HOSTENT_LIB)
> >    $(INET_NTOP_LIB)
> >    $(LIBSOCKET)
> >    $(LIBTHREAD)
> >    $(LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME)
> >    $(LIB_CRYPTO)
> >    $(LIB_GETRANDOM)
> >    $(LIB_HARD_LOCALE)
> >    $(LIB_MBRTOWC)
> >    $(LIB_NANOSLEEP)
> >    $(LIB_POSIX_SPAWN)
> >    $(LIB_SELECT)
> >    $(LIB_SETLOCALE_NULL)
> >    $(LTLIBICONV) when linking with libtool, $(LIBICONV) otherwise
> >    $(LTLIBINTL) when linking with libtool, $(LIBINTL) otherwise
> >    $(LTLIBUNISTRING) when linking with libtool, $(LIBUNISTRING) otherwise
> >    $(SERVENT_LIB)
> > 
> > Don't forget to
> >    - "include gnulib.mk" from within "lib/Makefile.am",
> >    - add "gnulib_po/Makefile.in" to AC_CONFIG_FILES in ./configure.ac,
> >    - mention "gnulib_po" in SUBDIRS in Makefile.am,
> >    - mention "-I m4" in ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am,
> >    - mention "m4/gnulib-cache.m4" in EXTRA_DIST in Makefile.am,
> >    - invoke gl_EARLY in ./configure.ac, right after AC_PROG_CC_C99,
> >    - invoke gl_INIT in ./configure.ac.
> > running: AUTOPOINT=true LIBTOOLIZE=true autoreconf --verbose --install 
> > --force -I m4  --no-recursive
> > autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
> > autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
> > autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 --force -I m4
> > configure.ac:935: warning: macro 'AM_PATH_GPGME' not found in library
> > autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
> > autoreconf: configure.ac: AM_GNU_GETTEXT is used, but not 
> > AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION
> > autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
> > autoreconf: running: 
> > /nix/store/fnjanl079xff2hcp3shz2adznvvs1cms-autoconf-2.69/bin/autoconf 
> > --include=m4 --force
> > autoreconf: running: 
> > /nix/store/fnjanl079xff2hcp3shz2adznvvs1cms-autoconf-2.69/bin/autoheader 
> > --include=m4 --force
> > autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
> > configure.ac:265: error: required file './ABOUT-NLS' not found
> > autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
> > ./bootstrap: autoreconf failed
> > ```
> > 
> > I got the source code like so:
> > 
> > ```
> > git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/wget.git
> > ```
> > 
> > I tried on both macOS and Linux (NixOS) and neither work... with the
> > same error message. In the release tarballs, the ABOUT-NLS is included,
> > but not when using the git repository on savannah.
> > 
> > What can I do?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Nils
> > 
>