From 4352534a0cb9f48fc47f98e048265087a6cd9dba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:44:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README: Document the known problem with gettext <= 0.17. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ README | 12 ++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 730ec25a16..7326a40785 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2007-11-28 Jim Meyering + + * README: Document the known problem with gettext <= 0.17. + 2007-11-28 Paul Eggert * gl/modules/randread (Depends-on): Remove nonexistent rand-isaac. diff --git a/README b/README index fcac30f5e6..25f7ed35b6 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -63,6 +63,18 @@ the ls `time-1' test to fail. I believe that is due to a bug in the way Sun implemented link(2) and chmod(2). +***************************************** +Test failure with NLS and gettext <= 0.17 +----------------------------------------- + +Due to a conflict between libintl.h and gnulib's new xprintf module, +when you configure with NLS support, and with a gettext installation +older than 0.17.1 (not yet released, at the time of this writing), +then some tests fail, at least on NetBSD 1.6. To work around it in +the mean time, you can configure with --disable-nls. For details, +see . + + *********************** Pre-C99 build failure ----------------------- -- 2.47.2