Re: [bug-enscript] cannot build enscript from git. Someone can help ?

[wim]

Hi ,
Finally found how to compile from the github source and wanted to share 
this.
Here are the change and commands to compile enscript from source with
automake 1.16.5
autoconf 2.71
gettext 0.21.1

sed -i '/AC_FUNC_ALLOCA/a dnl its save to say that in 2023 all compilers 
support prototypes\nAC_DEFINE([PROTOTYPES], [1], [Define to 1 if your 
compiler supports function prototypes.])' configure.ac
sed -i '/AM_GNU_GETTEXT$/c AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])' configure.ac
sed -i 's/intl\/Makefile//' configure.ac
sed -i 's/po\/Makefile.in//' configure.ac
sed -i 's/po\/Makefile//' configure.ac
sed -i 's/intl//' Makefile.am
sed -i '/include/a #include<langinfo.h>' src/util.c

gettextize

aclocal -I m4
autoreconf --install
./configure
make
sudo make install


Is there still someone active on this mailling list
so i can sent in a patch for the configure.ac and add some install 
instruction in the README file.

Kind regards,
Wim Stockman


Op 27-02-2023 om 13:17 schreef wim:
> Hi ,
> I'm trying to build enscript from the git source but failing at it.
> It seams the configure.ac is to old ? Can someone update it or explain 
> how i can compile.
> thx
> Wim Stockman
> P.S. this is my output ....
>
>  automake --add-missing
>
>
> configure.ac: error: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found.
> configure.ac: You should verify that configure.ac invokes 
> AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE,
> configure.ac: that aclocal.m4 is present in the top-level directory,
> configure.ac: and that aclocal.m4 was recently regenerated (using 
> aclocal)
> configure.ac:5: error: required file 'config.h.in' not found
> configure.ac:121: error: required file 'intl/Makefile.in' not found
> Makefile.am:25: error: required directory ./intl does not exist
> /usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am: error: am__fastdepCC does not 
> appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
> /usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am:   The usual way to define 
> 'am__fastdepCC' is to add 'AC_PROG_CC'
> /usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am:   to 'configure.ac' and run 
> 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again
> /usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am: error: AMDEP does not appear 
> in AM_CONDITIONAL
> /usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am:   The usual way to define 
> 'AMDEP' is to add one of the compiler tests
> /usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am:     AC_PROG_CC, AC_PROG_CXX, 
> AC_PROG_OBJC, AC_PROG_OBJCXX,
> /usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am:     AM_PROG_AS, AM_PROG_GCJ, 
> AM_PROG_UPC
> /usr/share/automake-1.16/am/depend2.am:   to 'configure.ac' and run 
> 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again
> compat/Makefile.am:42: warning: 'INCLUDES' is the old name for 
> 'AM_CPPFLAGS' (or '*_CPPFLAGS')
> src/Makefile.am:45: warning: 'INCLUDES' is the old name for 
> 'AM_CPPFLAGS' (or '*_CPPFLAGS')
> /usr/share/automake-1.16/am/check2.am: error: am__EXEEXT does not 
> appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
> states/Makefile.am:56: warning: 'INCLUDES' is the old name for 
> 'AM_CPPFLAGS' (or '*_CPPFLAGS')
> states/Makefile.am: error: Lex source seen but 'LEX' is undefined
> states/Makefile.am:   The usual way to define 'LEX' is to add 
> 'AM_PROG_LEX'
> states/Makefile.am:   to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 
> 'autoconf' again.
> /usr/share/automake-1.16/am/check2.am: error: am__EXEEXT does not 
> appear in AM_CONDITIONAL