[Monotone-devel] 'autopoint' error and solution (encountered when creating a configuration script for monotone)

[Kaushik V]

For what its worth, this is a small writeup on an issue I faced earlier
today.  It might be an issue previously encountered by some, but I
couldn't find a solution fast...

I am working with a vanilla install of Fedora Core 4.  When I
checkout a branch from my local monotone development database, I found
it to not include a configuration script.  I attempted to build
one using the command:
   aclocal-1.9 && autoreconf --install

This generated an error message:
Can't exec "autopoint": No such file or directory at /usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm line 288, <GEN0> line 418.

I was pointed to gettext-tools/gettext-utils as the package responsible for fixing this by graydon.

I downloaded gettext-0.14.tar.gz from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/.  Ran into a few issues during its
build, specifically, this error:
   make[3]: Entering directory `/mnt/lfs/sources/gettext-0.14/gettext-runtime/intl-csharp'
   /bin/sh ../lib/csharpcomp.sh -O -g -o GNU.Gettext.dll ./intl.cs
   C# compiler not found, try installing pnet, then reconfigure
   make[3]: *** [GNU.Gettext.dll] Error 1
   make[3]: Leaving directory `/mnt/lfs/sources/gettext-0.14/gettext-  runtime/intl-csharp'
   make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
   make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/lfs/sources/gettext-0.14/gettext-  runtime'
   make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
   make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/lfs/sources/gettext-0.14/gettext-runtime'
   make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

Googled it. 
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/13/2004/03/3/156814
lists a solution - execute the configuration script as: 
./configure --disable-csharp.  That fixed the error and installed
gettext (and autopoint).

  -Kaushik