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

[Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 09:24:29PM +0100, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Raimar Falke wrote:
> > > But there is a --with-included-gettext option that is supposed to allow 
> > > NLS
> > > even if you do not have it on the system.
> ...
> > > > > > >> Try upgrading the in-tree gettext to 0.10.40.  Do not apply 
> > > > > > >> unless
> > > > > > >> you are 100% you know what you're doing.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The in-tree version is based on 0.10.38. The offical version of
> > > > > > > 0.10.38 contains the msgfmt tool. However the in-tree version
> > > > > > > doesn't.
> ...
> > > > > So the question is: why has the msgfmt tool not found its way into the
> > > > > freeciv version? Can it be added? How?
> > > >
> > > > I just used the instructions I found for upgrading when I upgraded to
> > > > 0.10.38. I don't know why it wasn't included then.
> > > > \end{quote}
> ...
> > > > Can you add it?
> > >
> > > Are you asking Per?
> >
> > Yes.
> 
> 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.)

I also found this in the meantime.

> 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 tried to understand this whole mechanism and failed: the line
"AC_CHECK_LIB(nls,main)" in configure.in generated about 100 lines in
configure. I don't know where these lines come from. These lines are
very hard to read.

> I can fix the gettext macro if you agree this is the correct thing to do.

This is fine for me. I'm anxious to know how does it have to be done.

        Raimar

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