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Re: autoreconf and gettext
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Eric Blake |
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Re: autoreconf and gettext |
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Tue, 31 May 2011 08:23:36 -0600 |
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On 05/31/2011 01:51 AM, Vincent Torri wrote:
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> Hey,
>
> I have a library that is using gettext is available, that is, in
> configure.ac, i use:
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> m4_ifdef([AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION], [
> AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.12.1])
> ])
Why force such an old version? Most distros support at least 0.17,
which comes with quite a few improvements over 0.12.1.
>
> Unfortunately, when I use autoreconf -f -i on a system that has no
> gettext, there is an error saying that autopoint is not available while
> the package is using gettext.
>
> How can I fix that problem ?
Right now, autoreconf greps configure.ac for /^AM_GNU_GETTEXST_VERSION/,
rather than using autoconf --trace mechanisms. Which is unfortunate,
because for situations like this, it gets the wrong answers.
You can foil autoreconf's grep by inserting whitespace or using extra m4
quoting, such as:
m4_ifdef([AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION], [
AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([...])
])
which would probably fix autoreconf on your bare-bones system, but I
don't know if that will break the running of gettext on systems where it
is installed.
Ultimately, it would be super nice if we could convert autoreconf over
to using --trace mechanisms for seeing which macros are actually called,
rather than just grepping for magic strings.
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Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
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