[Libguestfs] AM_GNU_GETTEXT failing on fedora

Richard W.M. Jones rjones at redhat.com
Fri Feb 2 21:47:54 UTC 2018


On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 11:12:10AM -0500, Marc Pawlowsky wrote:
> I am trying to build from source but am getting errors
> -bash-4.3$ grep -n  AM_GNU_GET /tmp/t
> 
> 2595:m4/guestfs_libraries.m4:145: warning: macro 'AM_GNU_GETTEXT' not
> found in library
> 2598:m4/guestfs_libraries.m4:145: warning: macro 'AM_GNU_GETTEXT' not
> found in library
> 2600:configure:57872: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT
> 3834:./configure: line 57872: `AM_GNU_GETTEXT(external)'

Do you need to install gettext-devel?

Rich.

> 
> Dockerfile contents
> 
> FROM fedora:latest
> RUN dnf update -y
> RUN dnf -y install 'dnf-command(config-manager)'
> RUN dnf config-manager --set-enabled 'updates-testing'
> RUN dnf update -y
> RUN dnf group install -y "C Development Tools and Libraries"
> RUN dnf group install -y "Development Tools"
> RUN dnf -y builddep libguestfs
> RUN cd / && git clone https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs.git
> RUN cd /libguestfs && ./autogen.sh
> 
> Same problem if I build from stable branch.
> RUN cd / && git clone -b stable-1.36
> https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs.git
> 
> Any hints?
> 

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