New comment by lfdebrux on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/34810#issuecomment-1003754647

Comment:
The step to run `autoreconf -fi` was added back in 2013 for version 0.18.3 of gettext:

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/commit/17f6ad8b9c9319c46820941e7fbae3f73ddcb20a

There isn't and detail in the commit message why running autoreconf is needed, I` tried googling 'gettext autoreconf' but couldn't find anything relevant. Googling 'gettext cross-compile' also didn't suggest that autoreconf is needed. There's also nothing about in the package `INSTALL` doc, either [then](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gettext.git;a=blob;f=INSTALL;h=671b157a6429121883c370dbfd80f4b09217cb26;hb=147dbca63d56e784ae0bfdf4e8174c110c384ec6) or [now](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gettext.git;a=blob;f=INSTALL;h=671b157a6429121883c370dbfd80f4b09217cb26;hb=eb83efc3b58d690d444da0b82c3ecf36a54f28ac).