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opened 2026-10-05 04:23:42 +02:00 by adam · 3 comments
adam commented 2026-10-05 04:23:42 +02:00
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On an attempt to get ZNC 1.4 working on Debian 7.6, I got the following:

vagrant@oa-jalcine:/tmp/znc-znc-1.4$ ls
aclocal.m4      configure.ac     man        version.sh
AUTHORS         include          modules    webskins
autogen.sh      LICENSE          NOTICE     znc-buildmod.in
autom4te.cache  m4               README.md  znc.pc.in
bootstrap.sh    Makefile.in      src        znc.service
configure       make-tarball.sh  test       znc-uninstalled.pc.in
vagrant@oa-jalcine:/tmp/znc-znc-1.4$ ./bootstrap.sh
Running 'aclocal -I m4 -Wall'
configure.ac:563: warning: AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
m4/iconv.m4:9: AM_ICONV_LINKFLAGS_BODY is expanded from...
m4/iconv.m4:20: AM_ICONV_LINK is expanded from...
m4/iconv.m4:234: AM_ICONV is expanded from...
configure.ac:563: the top level
Running 'autoheader -Wall'
configure.ac:563: warning: AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
m4/iconv.m4:9: AM_ICONV_LINKFLAGS_BODY is expanded from...
m4/iconv.m4:20: AM_ICONV_LINK is expanded from...
m4/iconv.m4:234: AM_ICONV is expanded from...
configure.ac:563: the top level
Running 'autoconf -Wall'
configure.ac:563: warning: AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
m4/iconv.m4:9: AM_ICONV_LINKFLAGS_BODY is expanded from...
m4/iconv.m4:20: AM_ICONV_LINK is expanded from...
m4/iconv.m4:234: AM_ICONV is expanded from...
configure.ac:563: the top level
Running 'automake --add-missing -Wall'
configure.ac:563: warning: AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
m4/iconv.m4:9: AM_ICONV_LINKFLAGS_BODY is expanded from...
m4/iconv.m4:20: AM_ICONV_LINK is expanded from...
m4/iconv.m4:234: AM_ICONV is expanded from...
configure.ac:563: the top level
configure.ac: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found.
configure.ac: You should verify that configure.ac invokes AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE,
configure.ac: that aclocal.m4 is present in the top-level directory,
configure.ac: and that aclocal.m4 was recently regenerated (using aclocal).
configure.ac:35: installing `./config.guess'
configure.ac:35: installing `./config.sub'
configure.ac:32: installing `./install-sh'
automake: no `Makefile.am' found for any configure output
(Yes, automake is supposed to fail, ignore that)

You may now run ./configure.
vagrant@oa-jalcine:/tmp/znc-znc-1.4$ ./configure
checking for g++... g++
checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
checking for C++ compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no
checking whether the -Werror option is usable... yes
checking for simple visibility declarations... yes
checking for git... /usr/bin/git
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking whether compiler predefines _FORTIFY_SOURCE... no
checking for getopt_long in -lgnugetopt... no
checking for lstat... yes
checking for getopt_long... yes
checking for getphassphrase... no
checking for library containing dlopen... -ldl
checking for the pthreads library -lpthreads... no
checking whether pthreads work without any flags... no
checking whether pthreads work with -Kthread... no
checking whether pthreads work with -kthread... no
checking for the pthreads library -llthread... no
checking whether pthreads work with -pthread... yes
checking for joinable pthread attribute... PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE
checking if more special flags are required for pthreads... no
checking for PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT... yes
checking whether getaddrinfo() supports AI_ADDRCONFIG... yes
checking for openssl... yes
checking whether openssl is usable... yes
checking whether zlib is usable... yes
./configure: line 5381: AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX: command not found
./configure: line 5385: syntax error near unexpected token `iconv'
./configure: line 5385: `      AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY(iconv)'
vagrant@oa-jalcine:/tmp/znc-znc-1.4$

I tried looking for something related to iconv:

vagrant@oa-jalcine:/tmp/znc-znc-1.4$ apt-cache search iconv | grep dev
libcxxtools-dev - library of unrelated but useful C++ classes
libghc-iconv-dev - string-encoding conversion
libiconv-hook-dev - header files of libiconv-hook
libjconv-dev - charset conversion library - development
libticonv-dev - Texas Instruments calculators charsets library [development files]
lua-iconv-dev - iconv bindings for Lua - development files
libopenimageio-dev - Library for reading and writing images - development
libpantomime1.2-dev - GNUstep framework for mail handling (development files)
libunac1-dev - A C programmer's library that removes accents from a string
vagrant@oa-jalcine:/tmp/znc-znc-1.4$

But none looked relevant to fixing this issue. Any help would be appreciated.

On an attempt to get ZNC 1.4 working on Debian 7.6, I got the following: ``` shell vagrant@oa-jalcine:/tmp/znc-znc-1.4$ ls aclocal.m4 configure.ac man version.sh AUTHORS include modules webskins autogen.sh LICENSE NOTICE znc-buildmod.in autom4te.cache m4 README.md znc.pc.in bootstrap.sh Makefile.in src znc.service configure make-tarball.sh test znc-uninstalled.pc.in vagrant@oa-jalcine:/tmp/znc-znc-1.4$ ./bootstrap.sh Running 'aclocal -I m4 -Wall' configure.ac:563: warning: AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd m4/iconv.m4:9: AM_ICONV_LINKFLAGS_BODY is expanded from... m4/iconv.m4:20: AM_ICONV_LINK is expanded from... m4/iconv.m4:234: AM_ICONV is expanded from... configure.ac:563: the top level Running 'autoheader -Wall' configure.ac:563: warning: AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd m4/iconv.m4:9: AM_ICONV_LINKFLAGS_BODY is expanded from... m4/iconv.m4:20: AM_ICONV_LINK is expanded from... m4/iconv.m4:234: AM_ICONV is expanded from... configure.ac:563: the top level Running 'autoconf -Wall' configure.ac:563: warning: AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd m4/iconv.m4:9: AM_ICONV_LINKFLAGS_BODY is expanded from... m4/iconv.m4:20: AM_ICONV_LINK is expanded from... m4/iconv.m4:234: AM_ICONV is expanded from... configure.ac:563: the top level Running 'automake --add-missing -Wall' configure.ac:563: warning: AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd m4/iconv.m4:9: AM_ICONV_LINKFLAGS_BODY is expanded from... m4/iconv.m4:20: AM_ICONV_LINK is expanded from... m4/iconv.m4:234: AM_ICONV is expanded from... configure.ac:563: the top level configure.ac: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found. configure.ac: You should verify that configure.ac invokes AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, configure.ac: that aclocal.m4 is present in the top-level directory, configure.ac: and that aclocal.m4 was recently regenerated (using aclocal). configure.ac:35: installing `./config.guess' configure.ac:35: installing `./config.sub' configure.ac:32: installing `./install-sh' automake: no `Makefile.am' found for any configure output (Yes, automake is supposed to fail, ignore that) You may now run ./configure. vagrant@oa-jalcine:/tmp/znc-znc-1.4$ ./configure checking for g++... g++ checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes checking for C++ compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no checking whether the -Werror option is usable... yes checking for simple visibility declarations... yes checking for git... /usr/bin/git checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking whether compiler predefines _FORTIFY_SOURCE... no checking for getopt_long in -lgnugetopt... no checking for lstat... yes checking for getopt_long... yes checking for getphassphrase... no checking for library containing dlopen... -ldl checking for the pthreads library -lpthreads... no checking whether pthreads work without any flags... no checking whether pthreads work with -Kthread... no checking whether pthreads work with -kthread... no checking for the pthreads library -llthread... no checking whether pthreads work with -pthread... yes checking for joinable pthread attribute... PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE checking if more special flags are required for pthreads... no checking for PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT... yes checking whether getaddrinfo() supports AI_ADDRCONFIG... yes checking for openssl... yes checking whether openssl is usable... yes checking whether zlib is usable... yes ./configure: line 5381: AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX: command not found ./configure: line 5385: syntax error near unexpected token `iconv' ./configure: line 5385: ` AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY(iconv)' vagrant@oa-jalcine:/tmp/znc-znc-1.4$ ``` I tried looking for something related to `iconv`: ``` vagrant@oa-jalcine:/tmp/znc-znc-1.4$ apt-cache search iconv | grep dev libcxxtools-dev - library of unrelated but useful C++ classes libghc-iconv-dev - string-encoding conversion libiconv-hook-dev - header files of libiconv-hook libjconv-dev - charset conversion library - development libticonv-dev - Texas Instruments calculators charsets library [development files] lua-iconv-dev - iconv bindings for Lua - development files libopenimageio-dev - Library for reading and writing images - development libpantomime1.2-dev - GNUstep framework for mail handling (development files) libunac1-dev - A C programmer's library that removes accents from a string vagrant@oa-jalcine:/tmp/znc-znc-1.4$ ``` But none looked relevant to fixing this issue. Any help would be appreciated. <!-- github-sync-id:57097173 -->
adam closed this issue 2026-10-05 04:23:42 +02:00
adam commented 2026-10-05 04:23:43 +02:00
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If you use tarball, you don't need ./bootstrap.sh, because tarballs already have configure script.
But if you really want to regenerate configure, the right dependency is gettext, if I not mistake.
And anyway, in 1.5 libicu is used instead of iconv.

If you use tarball, you don't need `./bootstrap.sh`, because tarballs already have `configure` script. But if you really want to regenerate `configure`, the right dependency is `gettext`, if I not mistake. And anyway, in 1.5 libicu is used instead of iconv. <!-- github-comment-id:73602612 -->
adam commented 2026-10-05 04:23:44 +02:00
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Thanks @DarthGandalf. I'll try this out.

Thanks @DarthGandalf. I'll try this out. <!-- github-comment-id:73604896 -->
adam commented 2026-10-05 04:23:44 +02:00
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Works like a charm. Thanks again.

Works like a charm. Thanks again. <!-- github-comment-id:73669558 -->
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