From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Ben Walton <bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca>,
"David M. Syzdek" <david.syzdek@acsalaska.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RCF] autoconf: Check if <libintl.h> exists and set NO_GETTEXT
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 23:22:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201006012322.24899.jnareb@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1275415908-24838-1-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com>
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 17:01, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > [...]
> > Could you also provide change to configure.ac, so that ./configure
> > would detect if we have gettext installed or not? Thanks in advance.
>
> Here's a check that just checks if we have libintl.h similar to the
> existing checks for libgen.h and other headers.
>
> Do you think this be adequate?
I'm not sure. If NO_GETTEXT is used only to protect '#include <libintl.h>'
it might be enough.
>
> config.mak.in | 1 +
> configure.ac | 6 ++++++
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/config.mak.in b/config.mak.in
> index 0d4b64d..a15f3c1 100644
> --- a/config.mak.in
> +++ b/config.mak.in
> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ NO_CURL=@NO_CURL@
> NO_EXPAT=@NO_EXPAT@
> NO_LIBGEN_H=@NO_LIBGEN_H@
> HAVE_PATHS_H=@HAVE_PATHS_H@
> +NO_GETTEXT=@NO_GETTEXT@
> NEEDS_LIBICONV=@NEEDS_LIBICONV@
> NEEDS_SOCKET=@NEEDS_SOCKET@
> NEEDS_RESOLV=@NEEDS_RESOLV@
O.K.
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index 71038fc..7bebfd8 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -730,6 +730,12 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER([paths.h],
> [HAVE_PATHS_H=])
> AC_SUBST(HAVE_PATHS_H)
> #
> +# Define NO_GETTEXT if you don't have libintl.h
> +AC_CHECK_HEADER([libintl.h],
> +[NO_GETTEXT=],
> +[NO_GETTEXT=YesPlease])
> +AC_SUBST(NO_GETTEXT)
> +#
> # Define NO_STRCASESTR if you don't have strcasestr.
> GIT_CHECK_FUNC(strcasestr,
> [NO_STRCASESTR=],
The getext documentation says that `gettext.m4' defines AM_GNU_GETTEXT
macro that tests for the presence of GNU gettext function family.
The complication is that `gettext.m4' might not exist, and then
AM_GNU_GETTEXT would be not defined. So if we are to use
AM_GNU_GETTEXT, we should I guess protect it with m4_ifdef():
m4_ifdef([AM_GNU_GETTEXT], [AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])])
or something like that. And of course we need to work around the fact
that AM_GNU_GETTEXT sets USE_NLS to either 'yes' or 'no' instead of
setting setting NO_GETTEXT to either non-empty or empty value.
Or we can do something similar to what we do for NEEDS_LIBICINV /
NO_ICONV, namely make ./configure compile simple test program using
gettext.
Cc-ed Ben Walton and David M. Syzdek: perhaps they can help with this
issue.
--
Jakub Narebski
Poland
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-01 21:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-29 22:45 [PATCH/RFC 0/5] Add internationalization support to Git Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-05-29 22:45 ` [PATCH 1/5] Add infrastructure for translating Git with gettext Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-05-29 22:45 ` [PATCH 2/5] gitignore: Ignore files generated by gettext Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-05-29 22:45 ` [PATCH 3/5] Makefile: Remove Gettext files on make clean Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-05-29 22:45 ` [PATCH 4/5] gettext: Add a skeleton po/is.po Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-05-29 22:45 ` [PATCH 5/5] Add infrastructure to make shellscripts translatable Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-05-30 1:46 ` [PATCH/RFC 0/5] Add internationalization support to Git Jonathan Nieder
2010-05-30 16:04 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-05-30 22:23 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-05-31 12:17 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-05-30 20:54 ` [PATCH/RFC v2 0/6] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-05-30 20:54 ` [PATCH/RFC v2 1/6] Add infrastructure for translating Git with gettext Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-01 17:01 ` Jakub Narebski
2010-06-01 18:11 ` [PATCH/RCF] autoconf: Check if <libintl.h> exists and set NO_GETTEXT Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-01 21:22 ` Jakub Narebski [this message]
2010-05-30 20:54 ` [PATCH/RFC v2 2/6] gitignore: Ignore files generated by gettext Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-05-30 20:54 ` [PATCH/RFC v2 3/6] Makefile: Remove Gettext files on make clean Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-05-30 20:54 ` [PATCH/RFC v2 4/6] gettext: Add a Gettext interface for shell scripts Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-05-30 20:54 ` [PATCH/RFC v2 5/6] gettext: Add a Gettext interface for Perl Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-01 17:00 ` Jakub Narebski
2010-06-01 19:06 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 11:47 ` Jakub Narebski
2010-05-30 20:54 ` [PATCH/RFC v2 6/6] gettext: Add a skeleton po/is.po Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-05-30 21:29 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-05-30 21:39 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-05-31 14:17 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-01 23:39 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 0/7] Add internationalization support to Git Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 0:11 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 1:05 ` [PATCH/RFC v4 " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 1:05 ` [PATCH/RFC v4 1/7] Add infrastructure for translating Git with gettext Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 9:12 ` Peter Krefting
2010-06-02 9:29 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 10:11 ` Peter Krefting
2010-06-02 10:56 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 11:31 ` Peter Krefting
2010-06-02 1:05 ` [PATCH/RFC v4 2/7] gettext: Add a Gettext interface for shell scripts Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 1:06 ` [PATCH/RFC v4 3/7] gettext: Add a Gettext interface for Perl Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 1:06 ` [PATCH/RFC v4 4/7] Makefile: Don't install Gettext .mo files if NO_GETTEXT Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 1:06 ` [PATCH/RFC v4 5/7] Makefile: Override --keyword= for all languages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 1:06 ` [PATCH/RFC v4 6/7] gettext: Sanity tests for Git's Gettext support Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 1:06 ` [PATCH/RFC v4 7/7] gettext: Add a skeleton po/is.po Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 6:32 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 0/7] Add internationalization support to Git Johannes Sixt
2010-06-02 22:33 ` [PATCH/RFC v5 0/2] Add infrastructure for translating Git with gettext Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 22:33 ` [PATCH/RFC v5 1/2] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 22:33 ` [PATCH/RFC v5 2/2] Add initial C, Shell and Perl gettext translations Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-01 23:39 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 1/7] Add infrastructure for translating Git with gettext Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-01 23:39 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 2/7] gettext: Add a Gettext interface for shell scripts Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 6:32 ` Johannes Sixt
2010-06-02 8:53 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 9:38 ` Johannes Sixt
2010-06-01 23:39 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 3/7] gettext: Add a Gettext interface for Perl Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-01 23:39 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 4/7] Makefile: Don't install Gettext .mo files if NO_GETTEXT Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-01 23:39 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 5/7] Makefile: Override --keyword= for all languages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-01 23:39 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 6/7] gettext: Basic sanity tests for Git's Gettext support Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-06-02 6:32 ` Johannes Sixt
2010-06-01 23:39 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 7/7] gettext: Add a skeleton po/is.po Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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