On 05/03/2014 01:39 AM, Assaf Gordon wrote: > Hello, > > Coreutils' bootstrap script fails (in a freshly cloned directory) with > gettext 0.18.3.1. > > This has been discussed few times on the mailing list: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2013-11/msg00038.html > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2014-01/msg00058.html > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2014-04/msg00106.html > > And already resolved (with recommendation to upgrade to 0.18.3.2): > http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?40083 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gettext/+bug/1311895 > > But version 0.18.3.1 is still "out there" and hasn't been upgraded in several > distributions. > > Would you be receptive to add the following minor work-around for "bootstrap" > ? > It creates the two needed files, which allows "autopoint" to continue, then > "gnulib" immediately overrides them with the correct versions. > > Comments are welcomed, > - gordon > > P.S. > So far I have only tested it on Ubuntu 14.04 (with gettext 0.18.3.1) and > Debian 7 (with gettext 0.18.1.1-9).
While all the main distros are now updated the workaround is simple enough to include. I'll add a comment to remove in 2015 and apply to gnulib and coreutils. thanks! Pádraig.
