[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/8] Add a BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT option

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:

 Thomas> When using an external toolchain that uses the glibc or eglibc C
 Thomas> libraries, compiling a separate gettext and libintl is not needed and
 Thomas> is even a source of confusion, causing build failures. These build
 Thomas> failures are due to the fact that when libintl is compiled, it
 Thomas> replaces the C library libintl.h by its own, which does #define
 Thomas> gettext libintl_gettext. Then, when packages want to use gettext,
 Thomas> autoconf realize that gettext is available in the C library and
 Thomas> therefore do not add -lintl to the LDFLAGS, causing the build failure
 Thomas> because the program has been compiled to use libintl_gettext but this
 Thomas> function is not available.

 Thomas> Therefore, we should use gettext if a uClibc internal toolchain or a

/should use/should only use/
 
 Thomas> +config BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
 Thomas> +	bool
 Thomas> +	default y if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT
 Thomas> +	default y if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_UCLIBC
 Thomas> +	default n if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GLIBC

You don't really need the 'default n' (as that's default), but ok.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard