[Freeciv-Dev] Re: ngettext test (CVS Snapshots)

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 03:05:17PM +0100, Reinier Post wrote:
 
> > > We don't check for a ngettext binary. We check for a ngettext
> > > function.
> 
> Sorry.  In that case the error message is utterly confusing;
> it only says 'ngettext not found'.

No, it doesn't; it says:

checking for ngettext in -lc... no
checking for ngettext in -lintl... no
configure: error: I haven't found a working ngettext function in your system. 

In the case of my FreeBSD box, it doesn't find it because
it doesn't look in /usr/local/lib to find libintl.so.
In the case of www.freeciv.org, it doesn't find it because
the GNU gettext installation doesn't include a libintl.so.

So the error message is confusing, but the check is the right one.
I can't think how to improve it.

-- 
Reinier (apologetically)