Re: Wget2 and Error: 'gettext' version == 0.16.1 is too old

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 3:02 AM Tim Rühsen <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> On 3/30/20 8:37 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > ...
> > Is it possible to relax the Autotools requirement:
> >
> > running: AUTOPOINT=true LIBTOOLIZE=true autoreconf --verbose --install
> > --force -I m4  --no-recursive
> > autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
> > autoreconf: running: true --force
> > autoreconf: running: aclocal -I m4 --force -I m4 ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}
> > /usr/share/aclocal/aalib.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of 
> > AM_PATH_AALIB
> > /usr/share/aclocal/aalib.m4:12:   run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
> > /usr/share/aclocal/aalib.m4:12:   or see
> > http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
> > configure.ac:22: error: Autoconf version 2.69 or higher is required
> > configure.ac:22: the top level
> > autom4te: /usr/bin/gm4 failed with exit status: 63
> > aclocal: /usr/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 63
> > autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 63
> > ./bootstrap: autoreconf failed
> >
> > Solaris provides:
> >
> >      $ autoconf --version
> >      autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.68
>
> AFAICS, Solaris doesn't come with any autotools by default. Someone
> installed them on your Solaris machine. Autotools is a pure developer
> software and should be kept up-to-date.

Yeah, it is not installed by default.

    pkg install autoconf automake libtool

gets you the older version on Solaris. They want folks to buy a
service contract to get the latest tools. Ransomware...

That's one of the reasons I try to support Solaris so well. I want to
poke Oracle in the eye for ransoming free software . Every time we
make something available for free, we take money they earn on our hard
work out of their pockets.

Jeff