Re: building GNU gettext on AIX

[Bruno Haible]

David Edelsohn and Richard Biener wrote:
> > >   * GCC can pass --enable-threads=isoc, to avoid the libpthread dependency
> > >     on AIX ≥ 7.2.
> >
> > Hmm, would that option work everywhere, though?  Or would we have to
> > wire up configury to detect which flag to use?  If so, what would it
> > look like.

--enable-threads=isoc should only be used where needed, i.e. on AIX 7.2
or higher. Yes, this needs a configure test.

> I'd highly recommend the in-tree gettext to be built with thread
> support _disabled_,
> only a static library built and never installed (but linked statically
> into the host binaries).

As long as this static libintl.a gets never installed (but linked statically
into the host binaries), that's perfectly fine.

It only needs a fixed gettext.m4, to deal with the bug that David Edelsohn
noticed on AIX (but that exists on macOS as well). [1]

Bruno

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2023-11/msg00164.html