I am uploading a NMU with the already sent patch included. The changes are in git and attached as debdiff.
diff -Nru mp4h-1.3.1/debian/changelog mp4h-1.3.1/debian/changelog --- mp4h-1.3.1/debian/changelog 2024-06-03 21:06:36.000000000 +0200 +++ mp4h-1.3.1/debian/changelog 2025-03-21 18:40:54.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +mp4h (1.3.1-17.2) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + + [ Santiago Vila ] + * Fix FTBFS with gettext 0.23.x. (Closes: #1092231) + + -- Bastian Germann <b...@debian.org> Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:40:54 +0100 + mp4h (1.3.1-17.1) unstable; urgency=medium * Non-maintainer upload. diff -Nru mp4h-1.3.1/debian/patches/fix-ftbfs-with-gettext-0.23.patch mp4h-1.3.1/debian/patches/fix-ftbfs-with-gettext-0.23.patch --- mp4h-1.3.1/debian/patches/fix-ftbfs-with-gettext-0.23.patch 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ mp4h-1.3.1/debian/patches/fix-ftbfs-with-gettext-0.23.patch 2025-03-21 18:39:24.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Author: Santiago Vila <sanv...@debian.org> +Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/1092231 +Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:09:43 +0000 +Subject: Fix FTBFS with gettext 0.23.x + +Many packages may be fixed by using this in configure.in: + +AM_GNU_GETTEXT_REQUIRE_VERSION([0.21]) + +Not only the above seems to fix the problem, it also allows +several lines in debian/rules to be dropped entirely. + +--- mp4h-1.3.1.orig/configure.ac ++++ mp4h-1.3.1/configure.ac +@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT([no]) + AC_SUBST([TIDY]) + + ALL_LINGUAS= ++AM_GNU_GETTEXT_REQUIRE_VERSION([0.21]) + AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external]) + + diff -Nru mp4h-1.3.1/debian/patches/series mp4h-1.3.1/debian/patches/series --- mp4h-1.3.1/debian/patches/series 2024-06-03 21:06:14.000000000 +0200 +++ mp4h-1.3.1/debian/patches/series 2025-03-21 18:35:19.000000000 +0100 @@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ use-system-pcre.diff reproducible-build.diff fix-spelling-errors.diff +fix-ftbfs-with-gettext-0.23.patch pcre2.patch diff -Nru mp4h-1.3.1/debian/rules mp4h-1.3.1/debian/rules --- mp4h-1.3.1/debian/rules 2016-08-12 23:54:16.000000000 +0200 +++ mp4h-1.3.1/debian/rules 2025-03-21 18:34:45.000000000 +0100 @@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ # Use external PCRE and libtool only rm -rf src/ltdl.* ltmain.sh pcre - test -d m4 || mkdir m4 - for f in ${GETTEXT_TOP_FILES}; do \ - cp -f /usr/share/gettext/$$f .; \ - done - for f in ${GETTEXT_PO_FILES}; do \ - cp -f /usr/share/gettext/po/$$f po/; \ - done - dh_autoreconf dh_auto_configure -- \
