Re: fix an error message during configure

[Gavin Smith]

On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 04:15:27PM +0200, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Gavin Smith wrote:
> > Also, if I delete build-aux/ar-lib nothing appears to regenerate it.
> 
> Yes, I made the same experience. 'ar-lib' needs to be imported explicitly.
> 
> > Perhaps it is not needed.
> 
> It is needed for building with the MSVC compiler. Cf.
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gettext.git;a=blob_plain;f=INSTALL.windows
> 

The last I heard was that building with MSVC did not work.  You posted
fixes (adding gnulib modules) in October last year:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2023-10/msg00081.html

However, we doubted that it was worth supporting MSVC.

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2023-10/msg00084.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2023-10/msg00085.html