[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#7448) misdetected libraries under mingw

["Raimar Falke" <i-freeciv-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7448 >

On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 11:46:43PM -0800, Jason Short wrote:
> 
> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7448 >
> 
> When I try to configure & compile under mingw (i586-mingw32msvc), I get 
> the following misdetections:
> 
> - NLS tries to configure but fails.  I think this probably happens on 
> other systems.  If NLS isn't present shouldn't we compile without it 
> automatically?

I think we can assume that NLS is available almost everywhere. If it
doesn't is found it is a defect of the box and should be fixed. The
extra argument "--disable-nls" reminds you that you miss a feature of
freeciv.

> - ESD support worms its way in.  No doubt this is because I have an 
> esd-config program installed globally, and it tells configure that ESD 
> is present.  But a simple compilation test would show that neither esd.h 
> nor libesd are present.  Our ESD detection is pretty mediocre.
> 
> - The gtk2 client is built instead.  No doubt this is exactly the same 
> problem as with ESD.  Of course we don't control the detection of the 
> GTK libraries, they're handled by an external macro.  We should upgrade 
> to the most recent version and/or report the bug to the gtk people.

Looks like bugs.

        Raimar

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