Build failure: spek

[BlastboomStrice]

Nixpkgs version

• Unstable (25.11)

Steps to reproduce

I updated and rebuilt to the latest version.

sudo nix flake update --flake ~/.config/nixos-config/
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/.config/nixos-config/

Can Hydra reproduce this build failure?

Yes, Hydra can reproduce this build failure.

Link to Hydra build job

https://hydra.nixos.org/build/302732027

Relevant log output

nix log /nix/store/4f1hnh77n98z4z9263di4fy7yr4y0klx-spek-0.8.5.drv
Running phase: unpackPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "unpackPhase" }
unpacking source archive /nix/store/ncmcysgnnjkfwqvz3kw2qmnq1sdad08k-source
source root is source
Running phase: patchPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "patchPhase" }
Running phase: autoreconfPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "autoreconfPhase" }
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: running: autopoint --force
Copying file ABOUT-NLS
Copying file config.rpath
Creating directory m4
Copying file m4/gettext.m4
Copying file m4/host-cpu-c-abi.m4
Copying file m4/iconv.m4
Copying file m4/intlmacosx.m4
Copying file m4/lib-ld.m4
Copying file m4/lib-link.m4
Copying file m4/lib-prefix.m4
Copying file m4/nls.m4
Copying file m4/po.m4
Copying file m4/progtest.m4
Copying file po/Makefile.in.in
Copying file po/Makevars.template
Copying file po/Rules-quot
Copying file po/boldquot.sed
Copying file po/en@boldquot.header
Copying file po/en@quot.header
Copying file po/insert-header.sin
Copying file po/quot.sed
Copying file po/remove-potcdate.sin
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force 
configure.ac:71: warning: macro 'AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION' not found in library
configure.ac:72: warning: macro 'AM_GNU_GETTEXT' not found in library
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION is used, but not AM_GNU_GETTEXT
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
libtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: Consider adding 'AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])' to configure.ac,
libtoolize: and rerunning libtoolize and aclocal.
libtoolize: Consider adding '-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.
libtoolize: 'AC_PROG_RANLIB' is rendered obsolete by 'LT_INIT'
configure.ac:71: warning: macro 'AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION' not found in library
configure.ac:72: warning: macro 'AM_GNU_GETTEXT' not found in library
autoreconf: running: /nix/store/1ans1hyrvyqpkbddqbifdfym7v0kpyra-autoconf-2.69/bin/autoconf --force
configure.ac:71: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:72: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GNU_GETTEXT
autoreconf: /nix/store/1ans1hyrvyqpkbddqbifdfym7v0kpyra-autoconf-2.69/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

Additional context

Linking a hydra build that fails, nixos:trunk-combined:nixpkgs.spek.x86_64-linux

System metadata

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 6.12.36, NixOS, 25.11 (Xantusia), 25.11.20250708.9807714
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: yes
• version: nix-env (Nix) 2.28.4
• nixpkgs: /nix/store/bgl6ldj5ihbwcq8p42z3a0qzgqafgk2b-source

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[bjornfor]

Upstreaming the fix here: alexkay/spek#333