cvs HEAD fails building bfd: msgfmt not found

cvs HEAD fails building bfd: msgfmt not found

[Dave Korn]

Uptodate as of a few minutes ago, I got this error.  Haven't seen it before,
but there's lots of hits at
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=msgfmt+not+found
which suggest that it's something to do with autoconf problem  in
configuring nls support.  I'm about to try reconfiguring with --disable-nls
and see if that solves the problem, but this level of autoconf internals is
way over my head.



make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/build/obj/bfd/doc'
Making all in po
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/build/obj/bfd/po'
( if test 'x../../../src/bfd/po' != 'x.'; then \
    posrcprefix='../../../src/bfd/'; \
  else \
    posrcprefix="../"; \
  fi; \
  rm -f SRC-POTFILES-t SRC-POTFILES \
    && (sed -e '/^#/d' \
            -e '/^[     ]*$/d' \
            -e "s@.*@   $posrcprefix& \\\\@" <
../../../src/bfd/po/SRC-POTFILES.
in \
        | sed -e '$s/\\$//') > SRC-POTFILES-t \
    && chmod a-w SRC-POTFILES-t \
    && mv SRC-POTFILES-t SRC-POTFILES )
( rm -f BLD-POTFILES-t BLD-POTFILES \
    && (sed -e '/^#/d' \
            -e '/^[     ]*$/d' \
            -e "s@.*@   ../& \\\\@" < ../../../src/bfd/po/BLD-POTFILES.in \
        | sed -e '$s/\\$//') > BLD-POTFILES-t \
    && chmod a-w BLD-POTFILES-t \
    && mv BLD-POTFILES-t BLD-POTFILES )
cd .. \
  && CONFIG_FILES=po/Makefile.in:po/Make-in \
     CONFIG_HEADERS= /bin/sh ./config.status
creating po/Makefile.in
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/build/obj/bfd/po'
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/build/obj/bfd/po'
file=../../../src/bfd/po/`echo fr | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH msgfmt -o $file
../../../src/bfd/po/fr.po
msgfmt: not found
make[3]: *** [fr.gmo] Error 127
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/build/obj/bfd/po'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/build/obj/bfd'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/build/obj/bfd'
make: *** [all-bfd] Error 2
dk@mace /usr/build/obj>



    cheers, 
      DaveK
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RE: cvs HEAD fails building bfd: msgfmt not found

[Dave Korn]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: binutils-owner On Behalf Of Dave Korn
> Sent: 04 May 2004 10:12

> configuring nls support.  I'm about to try reconfiguring with 
> --disable-nls and see if that solves the problem, 


It certainly seems to have done; bfd now builds no problem.


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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Re: cvs HEAD fails building bfd: msgfmt not found

[Dan Kegel]

Dave Korn wrote:
> Uptodate as of a few minutes ago, I got this error.  Haven't seen it before,
> but there's lots of hits at
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=msgfmt+not+found
> which suggest that it's something to do with autoconf problem  in
> configuring nls support.  I'm about to try reconfiguring with --disable-nls
> and see if that solves the problem, but this level of autoconf internals is
> way over my head.
> ...
> msgfmt: not found

Um, did you try installing gnu gettext, which provides msgfmt?
- Dan

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RE: cvs HEAD fails building bfd: msgfmt not found

[Dave Korn]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Kegel 
> Sent: 04 May 2004 16:28
> To: Dave Korn

> Dave Korn wrote:
> > Uptodate as of a few minutes ago, I got this error.  
> Haven't seen it before,
> > but there's lots of hits at
> > 
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=msgfmt+
> not+found
> > which suggest that it's something to do with autoconf problem  in
> > configuring nls support.  I'm about to try reconfiguring 
> with --disable-nls
> > and see if that solves the problem, but this level of 
> autoconf internals is
> > way over my head.
> > ...
> > msgfmt: not found
> 
> Um, did you try installing gnu gettext, which provides msgfmt?
> - Dan

    Hi Dan,

  Nope, I didn't try that, since I didn't need it last time I did a cvs
build a few weeks ago.  In fact, I have gettext installed:

dk@mace /usr/build/obj> gettext --version
gettext (GNU gettext-runtime) 0.12.1
Copyright (C) 1995-1997, 2000-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Written by Ulrich Drepper.

but not msgfmt.  That's always been the case; cygwin comes with a gettext
package that hasn't been updated since 10Aug2003, and that has always had
gettext and the related libs but hasn't included msgfmt except in
development versions.  I dunno why it never crashed before.  I don't have an
old build lying around, otherwise I'd see what it did at that point.  I've
looked at the CVS and can't see any obviously relevant changes in the
src/bfd/po directory, but then again who knows what could change elsewhere
in the autotool infrastructure and have a knock-on effect.

  Do you suppose it's possible that when I've done CVS builds before, some
kind of generated files were already uptodate (having been recently
regenerated in CVS) and so there was no need for msgfmt to run?  (I don't
know how gettext works or even what are its inputs and outputs, although I
know it's something to do with .po and .gmo files).

  Otherwise I'm going to have to conclude that I must have had the cygwin
development version of the gettext package (which *does* have msgfmt)
installed and absent-mindedly downgraded/uninstalled it at some point.
Right now, all I know for 100% sure is "But it never *used* to do that!"


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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RE: cvs HEAD fails building bfd: msgfmt not found

[Hans-Peter Nilsson]

On Tue, 4 May 2004, Dave Korn wrote:
>   Do you suppose it's possible that when I've done CVS builds before, some
> kind of generated files were already uptodate (having been recently
> regenerated in CVS) and so there was no need for msgfmt to run?  (I don't
> know how gettext works or even what are its inputs and outputs, although I
> know it's something to do with .po and .gmo files).
>
>   Otherwise I'm going to have to conclude that I must have had the cygwin
> development version of the gettext package (which *does* have msgfmt)
> installed and absent-mindedly downgraded/uninstalled it at some point.
> Right now, all I know for 100% sure is "But it never *used* to do that!"

Assuming the problem is "just" a missing msgfmt, it would be a
flaw in the configury that NLS isn't then automatically disabled
(unless --enable-nls is *specifically* requested).

Dare I suggest filing a bug report?  (Don't forget to include
all configure options and cygwin package versions as
applicable.)

brgds, H-P

Re: cvs HEAD fails building bfd: msgfmt not found

[Dan Kegel]

Dave Korn wrote:
>...   I dunno why it never crashed before.  I don't have an
> old build lying around, otherwise I'd see what it did at that point.  I've
> looked at the CVS and can't see any obviously relevant changes in the
> src/bfd/po directory, but then again who knows what could change elsewhere
> in the autotool infrastructure and have a knock-on effect.
> 
>   Do you suppose it's possible that when I've done CVS builds before, some
> kind of generated files were already uptodate (having been recently
> regenerated in CVS) and so there was no need for msgfmt to run?

Yup.  I've run into that kind of thing myself in other packages.

Fairly often, you need a particular version of autotools installed
to handle the triggered rebuild properly -- and the right version
differs from package to package!   No need to worry too much that
unless it hits you, though.
- Dan


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RE: cvs HEAD fails building bfd: msgfmt not found

[Dave Korn]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hans-Peter Nilsson  
> Sent: 04 May 2004 22:50

> Assuming the problem is "just" a missing msgfmt, it would be a
> flaw in the configury that NLS isn't then automatically disabled
> (unless --enable-nls is *specifically* requested).
> 
> Dare I suggest filing a bug report?  (Don't forget to include
> all configure options and cygwin package versions as
> applicable.)
> 
> brgds, H-P


  Yep, seems like a good idea.  It looks from the discussion that configure
is assuming it can infer the existence of msgfmt from the test for the
existence of gettext, and I guess that's not a valid assumption.  Whether
the solution is to test for msgfmt rather than gettext, or to test for and
require both before enabling nls support, I will leave as an exercise for
the reader....


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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