creating a current mingw64-i686-pcre package

[Lee]

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?

Thanks,
Lee
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