Hi Bruno,

On 20.05.20 00:46, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Hi Tim,
> 
>>>   rm -rf ../testdir-all; ./gnulib-tool --create-testdir --dir=../testdir-all --single-configure
>>
>> This results in:
>>
>> executing autopoint --force
>> autopoint: *** The AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION declaration in your configure.ac
>>                file requires the infrastructure from gettext-0.20 but
>> this version
>>                is older. Please upgrade to gettext-0.20 or newer.
>> autopoint: *** Stop.
> 
> You may try to pass '--avoid=gettext' to overcome this.

./configure --config-cache ends (stops ?) with
The BISON_I18N macro is used without being preceded by AM_GNU_GETTEXT.

$ ls -la config.cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 tim tim 0 Mai 20 20:40 config.cache

Is that expected ?

And I see this output here as well:

gnulib-tool: warning: module euidaccess depends on a module with an
incompatible license: group-member

> 
>> As Debian unstable is at gettext 0.19.8.1, I tried to build gettext from
>> git master. This results in
>>
>> make[7]: Entering directory
>> '/home/tim/src/gettext/gettext-tools/examples/tmp-hello-pascal'
>> make[7]: warning: jobserver unavailable: using -j1.  Add '+' to parent
>> make rule.
>> LOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/locale' /usr/bin/ppcx64 -o./hello ./hello.pas
>> Free Pascal Compiler version 3.0.4+dfsg-23 [2019/11/25] for x86_64
>> Copyright (c) 1993-2017 by Florian Klaempfl and others
>> Target OS: Linux for x86-64
>> Compiling ./hello.pas
>> hello.pas(9,6) Fatal: Can't find unit gettext used by hello
>> Fatal: Compilation aborted
>> make[7]: *** [Makefile:798: hello.rsj] Error 1
>>
>>
>> Is it really needed to fail the whole build just because a *PASCAL*
>> example doesn't compile ?
> 
> I may sound a bit old-fashioned when I recommend tarballs over building from
> git checkouts. But sometimes it has its advantages. gettext 0.20.2 is not
> that old. [1]
> 
> Bruno
> 
> [1] https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.20.2.tar.gz

I will install that version and try again.

Regards, Tim