On Sat, Jun 06, 2026 at 12:57:34PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > # Add Gettext > > AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external]) > > -AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.11.1]) > > +AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.23]) > >... > > There is a major difference between what Debian wants and what > autopoint does.
I don't really think so. > "autopoint --force" does *not* copy the gettext files from the latest > gettext version, it copies the files from the exact gettext version > in AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION. > > E.g. AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.11.4]) also fixes the build since that's > when AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION was added to gettext.m4, but the package > will be built with the gettext files from 0.11.4 (released in 2002). If 0.11.4 works, then using 0.11.4 would be probably a slightly better patch than the one I initially proposed. (When I proposed those patches, I was trying to fix several packages in a short time. As soon as I realized that the version in trixie was, in general, an improvement over the old original version in terms of buildability, I decided to take it as the basis for the fixes, but as you point out, in several cases an older version might also work). Neither Debian or other distributions need the latest version. This is designed to be that way. I believe this is well documented, but I may be wrong. Feel free to ask [email protected] for clarifications. (i.e. I don't see the need to bother dh_autoreconf maintainers for this). Thanks.
