creating a current mingw64-i686-pcre package

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On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 02:38:19AM +0000, Lee via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> I'd like to update the orphaned mingw64-i686-pcre package.
> 
> The download and prep steps work but compile dies & I don't know why:
> 
> >>> Preparing mingw64-i686-pcre-8.44-1.noarch
> *** Info: SOURCE 1 signature follows:
> gpg: Signature made Wed Feb 12 12:36:22 2020 EST
> gpg:                using RSA key 0x9766E084FB0F43D8
> gpg: Good signature from "Philip Hazel <ph10@hermes.cam.ac.uk>"
> gpg:                 aka "Philip Hazel <ph10@cam.ac.uk>"
> gpg:                 aka "Philip Hazel <ph10@cus.cam.ac.uk>"
> gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
> gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
> Primary key fingerprint: 45F6 8D54 BBE2 3FB3 039B  46E5 9766 E084 FB0F 43D8
> >>> Unpacking source pcre-8.44.tar.gz
> >>> Preparing working source directory
> >>> Compiling mingw64-i686-pcre-8.44-1.noarch
> autoreconf-2.69: Entering directory `.'
> autoreconf-2.69: configure.ac: not using Gettext
> autoreconf-2.69: running: aclocal --force -I m4
> autoreconf-2.69: configure.ac: tracing
> autoreconf-2.69: running: libtoolize --copy --force
> libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
> libtoolize:   error: copying '/usr/share/libtool/build-aux/ltmain.sh'
> to './' failed
> libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
> libtoolize:   error: copying '/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' to 'm4/' failed
> libtoolize:   error: copying '/usr/share/aclocal/ltoptions.m4' to 'm4/' failed
> libtoolize:   error: copying '/usr/share/aclocal/ltsugar.m4' to 'm4/' failed
> libtoolize:   error: copying '/usr/share/aclocal/ltversion.m4' to 'm4/' failed
> libtoolize:   error: copying '/usr/share/aclocal/lt~obsolete.m4' to 'm4/' failed
> autoreconf-2.69: libtoolize failed with exit status: 1
> *** ERROR: autoreconf failed
> 
> 
> Hopefully I just need to install something else, but what?

These are the usual suspects: autoconf automake libtool m4 pkg-config
Do you have them installed?

Cheers, Glenn