Re: Can't exec "autopoint": No such file or directory

[Bruce Korb]

Hi Ralf,

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 5:26 AM, Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> wrote:
>  > >  Thanks for the report, and sorry for the long delay.  Here's a cheap
>  > >  patch.  Would this be sufficient?  It requires you to use -v aka.
>  > >  --verbose in order to see the message.
>  [...]
>  > Anyway, the short answer:  No.  I'd still be getting some sort of
>  > "command 'autopoint' not found" message without any clue about
>  > what issue might be triggering it.  Unless I knew a priori to autoreconf
>  > with the --verbose option.  I think the messages should lead me to the
>  > answer without having to request verbose output.
>
>  You're fully right in expecting better.  What about this?  OK to apply?

It is excellent, modulo a typo.  Thank you!  It will be excellent!

>  index 66da78e..65ef014 100644
>  --- a/bin/autoreconf.in
>  +++ b/bin/autoreconf.in
>  @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ sub autoreconf_current_directory ()
>      }
>    else
>      {
>  -      xsystem "$autopoint";
>  +      xsystem_hint ("autopoint is needed because this package uses 
> Gettext", "$autopoint");
>      }
>
>
>  @@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ sub autoreconf_current_directory ()
>         {
>           $libtoolize .= " --ltdl";
>         }
>  -      xsystem ($libtoolize);
>  +      xsystem ("libtoolize is needed because this package uses Libtool", 
> $libtoolize);
"xsystem_hint", yes?


Cheers - Bruce