[Freeciv-Dev] Re: cvs compiling problem (PR#1128)

[Jason Short <vze2zq63@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Per I. Mathisen wrote:

<snip: msgfmt not present; autoconf can't deal>

> There are two solutions to this problem:
> 1. Fixing the gettext macro so that it tells the user to install gettext
>    OR run configure with the --disable-nls parameter, not just notice
>    that necessary tools are absent and go on (as now)
> 2. Add the tools the need from the gettext package to freeciv.
>
> I think the latter is a BAD idea and I am not going to do it, mostly
> because I do not have any idea what is really needed, and the full gettext
> package is at 1.3mb, compressed. (And no, msgfmt is not in the intl/
> directory in the official 0.10.40 version either, it is compiled as
> standalone tool with its own po-files and all.)
>
> For most users who got this problem, fixing it is as simple as doing the
> equivalent of "apt-get install gettext", _if_ you know what the problem
> is. Or just "--disable-nls".
>
> I can fix the gettext macro if you agree this is the correct thing to do.
Forcing users to install gettext doesn't bother me, but in that case why 
do we have the rest of gettext in the intl/ directory?  Why not just 
remove the whole thing, and do a full configure check for everything 
that's needed?
I assume gettext was distributed with freeciv originally so as to make 
the build process simpler.
jason