[Bug-tar] compile problems with tar-1.13.93

[Fabian Müller]

Hello,
I am not able to compile tar-1.13.93. Here is what I have done and some
information that could be useful.

$ patch -p0 < tar.patch
patching file configure.ac
$ 

$ ./configure

$ make
cd . && /bin/sh /home/martin/src/tar-1.13.93/config/missing --run aclocal-1.8 
-I m4
/usr/local/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:5: warning: underquoted definition of 
PKG_CHECK_MODULES
  run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
  or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending%20aclocal
/usr/local/share/aclocal/libxml.m4:10: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_XML
/usr/local/share/aclocal/libxml.m4:204: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_XML2
/usr/local/share/aclocal/imlib.m4:9: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_IMLIB
/usr/local/share/aclocal/imlib.m4:167: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_GDK_IMLIB
/usr/local/share/aclocal/gmime.m4:6: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_GMIME
/usr/local/share/aclocal/glib.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_GLIB
/usr/local/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:71: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_GLIB_WITH_NLS
/usr/local/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:203: warning: underquoted definition 
of AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
/usr/local/share/aclocal/glib-2.0.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0
/usr/local/share/aclocal/gimp.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of 
AM_PATH_GIMP
aclocal: m4/gettext.m4: 376: macro `AM_LANGINFO_CODESET' not found in library
aclocal: m4/gettext.m4: 378: macro `AM_LC_MESSAGES' not found in library
aclocal: macro `jm_GLIBC21' required but not defined
aclocal: macro `gt_INTDIV0' required but not defined
aclocal: macro `gt_HEADER_INTTYPES_H' required but not defined
aclocal: macro `gt_INTTYPES_PRI' required but not defined
make: *** [aclocal.m4] Error 1
$ 

$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.8.3

$ autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59

$ cat tar.patch
--- configure.ac        22 Feb 2004 20:51:10 -0000      1.29
+++ configure.ac        23 Feb 2004 22:28:59 -0000
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external], [need-ngettex
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.12.1)
 
 # Iconv
+AM_ICONV
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(iconv.h,
                  [AC_CHECK_TYPE(iconv_t,:,
                                 AC_DEFINE(iconv_t, int,

Maybe it is important for you to know that I had older versions of
automake and autoconf first. I installed the new versions with the
typical installation steps ./configure && make && make install.

Thank you very much for your assistance,
 Fabian Müller.