On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 12:44:21PM +0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > For some reason, "autoreconf -i" started failing, insisting that I > --force install before it would run. > --- > FEEDBACK NEEDED! > > The prepare script stopped working on me. The only workaround I could > find was running autoreconf with '-if' to force install. These are the > changed and installed files. > > Looks like it includes an upgrade for the gettext files. Fortunately I > converted Mutt to use a vanilla gettext installation a few years ago, so > nothing appears broken... > > However, if anyone has more knowledge about this, I'd appreciate tips.
Not sure if you saw it already, but a macOS user reported this on IRC some days ago. They were using GNU Autoconf 2.73. I used sr.ht CI to test if it is related to the autoconf version, but it looks like it is not that easy. I works with 2.73 on Alpine, but fails with 2.73 on Arch and FreeBSD. Works with 2.72 on OpenBSD. Grepping the web for this error did only bring this up: https://codeberg.org/ivarch/pv/issues/185
