Originally posted by: Papajair

I downloaded the gettext-0.19.8.1-1.src.rpm and attempted to build on AIX 7.1 TL4 SP4.   When I invoke rpmbuild I get the following message:

# rpm -ba --define 'dotests 0' gettext-0.19.8.1-1.spec
Please use rpmbuild command to build rpm packages using rpm 4 or higher versions.
 

The version I have installed is:

# rpm --version
RPM version 4.13.0.1
# rpmbuild --version
RPM version 4.13.0.1
 

This version of rpm was installed from the pm.rte.4.13.0.3 file.

Why is the build failing when I have a version higher than 4 installed?

Originally posted by: AyappanP

Commands have changed in the newer rpm versions.

As the error message clearly says you need to use "rpmbuild" command to trigger the build.

rpmbuild -ba --define 'dotests 0' gettext-0.19.8.1-1.spec

Originally posted by: Papajair

@AyappanP 43b0c085-7945-4b4f-8d26-6f7252a212b8, thanks but I displayed the rpmbuild command as I entered it above.   I am not sure what happened at this point as a subsequent attempts to build did not yield the same error.   Most of the build executed but it did abort later on in the document section:

Processing files: gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-1.ppc
Executing(%doc): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.9RU7ae
+ umask 022
+ cd /opt/freeware/src/packages/BUILD
+ cd gettext-0.19.8.1
+ DOCDIR=/var/tmp/gettext-0.19.8.1-1.ppc/opt/freeware/doc/gettext-devel-0.19.8.1
+ export DOCDIR
+ /usr/bin/mkdir -p /var/tmp/gettext-0.19.8.1-1.ppc/opt/freeware/doc/gettext-devel-0.19.8.1
+ cp -pr gettext-runtime/man/*.3.html /var/tmp/gettext-0.19.8.1-1.ppc/opt/freeware/doc/gettext-devel-0.19.8.1
cp: gettext-runtime/man/*.3.html: No such file or directory
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.9RU7ae (%doc)
error: File not found by glob: /opt/freeware/src/packages/BUILD/gettext-0.19.8.1/gettext-runtime/man/*.3.html
error: File not found: /var/tmp/gettext-0.19.8.1-1.ppc/opt/freeware/doc/gettext-devel-0.19.8.1/ChangeLog
error: File not found by glob: /opt/freeware/src/packages/BUILD/gettext-0.19.8.1/gettext-runtime/intl-java/javadoc*

RPM build errors:
    Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.9RU7ae (%doc)
    File not found by glob: /opt/freeware/src/packages/BUILD/gettext-0.19.8.1/gettext-runtime/man/*.3.html
    File not found: /var/tmp/gettext-0.19.8.1-1.ppc/opt/freeware/doc/gettext-devel-0.19.8.1/ChangeLog
    File not found by glob: /opt/freeware/src/packages/BUILD/gettext-0.19.8.1/gettext-runtime/intl-java/Javadoc*

This is the source rpm for gettext supplied on the AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications page.

Why am I receiving this new error?

Originally posted by: AyappanP

Seems to be a bug in the spec file. 

%files devel

%defattr(-,root,system,-)
%doc 32bit/gettext-runtime/man/*.3.html ChangeLog 
%doc 32bit/gettext-runtime/intl-java/javadoc*

The "32bit" directory is missed out there. 

By the way, why are you building from the source ? You can directly get the binary rpm from AIX Toolbox site. 

Originally posted by: Papajair

@AyappanP 43b0c085-7945-4b4f-8d26-6f7252a212b8, thanks for the reply.  I am attempting to build gettext due to a build failure I had with gnutls-3.5.14-1.src.rpm as follows:

I attempted a build of gnutls-3.5.14-1 from the spec file but it failed due to the following error:

  CCLD     libgnutls.la
grep: can't open /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.la
/opt/freeware/bin/sed: can't read /opt/freeware/lib/libintl.la: No such file or directory
libtool:   error: '/opt/freeware/lib/libintl.la' is not a valid libtool archive
gmake[4]: *** [Makefile:1733: libgnutls.la] Error 1
gmake[4]: Leaving directory '/opt/freeware/src/packages/BUILD/gnutls-3.5.14/64bit/lib'
gmake[3]: *** [Makefile:1949: all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory '/opt/freeware/src/packages/BUILD/gnutls-3.5.14/64bit/lib'
gmake[2]: *** [Makefile:1636: all] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory '/opt/freeware/src/packages/BUILD/gnutls-3.5.14/64bit/lib'
gmake[1]: *** [Makefile:1463: all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/opt/freeware/src/packages/BUILD/gnutls-3.5.14/64bit'
gmake: *** [Makefile:1391: all] Error 2
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.NGkMab (%build)

The runtime rpm for gettext doesn't supply the libintl.la file.

Could this be added to the runtime rpm for gettext?

Originally posted by: AyappanP

Okay. I think you are building gnutls because of the other forum issue you have raised titled "CUPS web interface not working..." . The team is working on that issue.

You will encounter issues if you try building the rpms yourself. If you still want to build it yourself, i think you can install gettext-devel rpm package which has this libintl.la file.

Originally posted by: Papajair

@AyappanP 43b0c085-7945-4b4f-8d26-6f7252a212b8, thanks I already installed the gettext-devel package and worked around that problem.