[bug-gettext] "make all" failure after bootstrap

[Stefano Lattarini]

Hi again.

A "make all" invoked after a (successful) "./autogen.sh && ./configure"
(with $prefix defined to '/usr/local/bleeding' in config.site) aborts
with the following error:

  if test -f /usr/local/bleeding/share/gettext/archive.dir.tar.gz; then \
    gzip -d -c < /usr/local/bleeding/share/gettext/archive.dir.tar.gz > 
archive.dir.tar-t && mv archive.dir.tar-t archive.dir.tar; \
  else \
    if test -f /usr/local/bleeding/share/gettext/archive.dir.tar.bz2; then \
      bzip2 -d -c < /usr/local/bleeding/share/gettext/archive.dir.tar.bz2 > 
archive.dir.tar-t && mv archive.dir.tar-t archive.dir.tar; \
    else \
      if test -f /usr/local/bleeding/share/gettext/archive.dir.tar.xz; then \
        xz -d -c < /usr/local/bleeding/share/gettext/archive.dir.tar.xz > 
archive.dir.tar-t && mv archive.dir.tar-t archive.dir.tar; \
      else \
        echo "archive.dir.tar is not under version control. Please copy the 
archive.dir.tar.{gz,bz2,xz} from an already installed release to 
gettext-tools/misc/ and decompress it there." 1>&2; \
        exit 1; \
      fi; \
    fi; \
  fi
  archive.dir.tar is not under version control. Please copy the 
archive.dir.tar.{gz,bz2,xz} from an already installed release to 
gettext-tools/misc/ and decompress it there.
  Makefile:1842: recipe for target 'archive.dir.tar' failed
  make[3]: *** [archive.dir.tar] Error 1
  make[3]: Leaving directory '/devel/bleeding/src/gettext/gettext-tools/misc'
  Makefile:1681: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
  make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
  make[2]: Leaving directory '/devel/bleeding/src/gettext/gettext-tools'
  Makefile:1546: recipe for target 'all' failed
  make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
  make[1]: Leaving directory '/devel/bleeding/src/gettext/gettext-tools'
  Makefile:336: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
  make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

It seem strange to me that the gettext build system forces me to manually
copy a file from a *pre-existing* installation in order to complete the
build.  Is this an user error on my part?  Or is this a glitch in gettext
that could and should be fixed with more automation?

Regards,
   Stefano