cloned the git head of coreutils, and ran 'bootstrap', after updating gettext from -proposed.
First run failed: ./bootstrap: autopoint --force sh: 1: build-aux/git-version-gen: not found /usr/bin/m4:configure.ac:451: cannot open `m4/cu-progs.m4': No such file or directory autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 autopoint: *** Missing version: please specify in configure.ac through a line 'AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(x.yy.zz)' the gettext version the package is using autopoint: *** Stop. I then updated autopoint, also from -proposed, and ran bootstrap again, successfully. Only comment here is the new gettext package should depend on the updated autopoint as well. But this is sort of moot on a dist-upgrade. Tagging verification-done. ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gettext in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1311895 Title: 0.18.3.1 can fail when tracing due to missing files Status in “gettext” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “gettext” source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Status in “gettext” package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: This is fixed in the 0.18.3.2 release. For example when bootstrapping coreutils we get: > ./bootstrap: autopoint --force > sh: build-aux/git-version-gen: No such file or directory > /usr/bin/m4:configure.ac:444: cannot open `m4/cu-progs.m4': \ > No such file or directory > autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 Please rebase the trusty version to 0.18.3.2 to avoid this and other issues. thanks, Pádraig. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gettext/+bug/1311895/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp