[Dovecot] autogen.sh fails -> "required file `./config.rpath' not found"

[Marcus Rueckert]

On 2007-11-28 08:47:14 -0800, snowcrash wrote:
> on fresh 1.1.beta9 source, it fails @
> 
> 	./autogen.sh
> 		...
> 		100%[====================================>] 154,427      115.09K/s
> 		
> 		08:45:56 (114.82 KB/s) - `wiki-export.tar.gz' saved [154427/154427]
> 		
> 		configure.in:16: required file `./config.rpath' not found
> 		configure.in:5: installing `./missing'
> 		configure.in:5: installing `./install-sh'
> 		src/auth/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'
> 		autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
> 
> per advice,
> 
> 	"gettext-related test failures: config.rpath presence"
> 	  http://www.mail-archive.com/automake-patches@gnu.org/msg00426.html
> 
> a simple
> 
> 	touch config.rpath
> 	./autogen.sh
> 
> fixes the problem.

the real solution would be to copy the config.rpath [1] from your distro
into the source dir. this requires the gettext devel files to be
installed.

now the question is when using the 1.1b9 tarball.
why do you run autogen.sh at all?

    darix

[1] /usr/share/gettext/config.rpath on my distro

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