I attempted to bootstrap pulseaudio and got a non obvious error.

log is here https://pastebin.com/CctNdLwD

installing autopoint fixed the problem

the following patch makes bootstrap.sh fail if autopoint is not available.

diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh index 57494fc..0a05a3e 100755 --- a/bootstrap.sh +++ b/bootstrap.sh @@ -32,13 +32,17 @@ fi # configure file faulty. if ! pkg-config --version &>/dev/null; then echo "pkg-config is required to bootstrap this program" - DIE=1 + exit 1 fi - # Other necessary programs -intltoolize --version >/dev/null || DIE=1 -test "$DIE" = 1 && exit 1 - +if ! autopoint --version &>/dev/null ; then + echo "autopoint is required to bootstrap this program" + exit 1 +fi +if ! intltoolize --version >/dev/null ; then + echo "intltoolize is required to bootstrap this program" + exit 1 +fi autopoint --force AUTOPOINT='intltoolize --automake --copy' autoreconf --force --install --verbose