Compiling error with pinentry

[Daniel Cerqueira]

Ingo Klöcker <kloecker at kde.org> writes:

> On Donnerstag, 8. Mai 2025 22:06:05 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit Daniel 
> Cerqueira wrote:
>> Ingo Klöcker <kloecker at kde.org> writes:
>> > On Donnerstag, 8. Mai 2025 10:30:00 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit Daniel
>> > 
>> > Cerqueira wrote:
>> >> Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb62281 at gmail.com> writes:
>> >> > On 5/7/25 09:54, Daniel Cerqueira wrote:
>> >> >> I am having trouble compiling pinentry.  I always compile all the
>> >> >> GnuPG
>> >> >> suite, so I don't install any GnuPG program by my package manager
>> >> >> (which
>> >> >> is pacman).
>> > 
>> > [...]
>> > 

[...]

>> >> > 
>> >> > Check your Autoconf installation.  A quick Web search suggests that
>> >> > you may need to install the "gettext" package.
>> >> 
>> >> I already had gettext installed.  I have also have now updated gettext,
>> >> to the latest version (0.25), and I still get the same error message as
>> >> above.

[...]

>
> No idea. Looks like your distribution is broken. Maybe it installs the m4 files 
> in the wrong location. Or it does not properly tell the autotools where to 
> look for m4 files.
>

Indeed.  It is broken.

[...]

> Just run ./configure. The --enable-maintainer-mode option is not useful for 
> people building the tarballs.
>
>> ```
>> 
>> Ingo, can you try to see if you also get this error, and tell me your
>> result?
>
> I don't get this error. And I build pinentry frequently.

Thank you Ingo.  I compiled successfully using the tarballs and
following your instructions.


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