[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] Convert gettext to autotargets

[Will Newton]

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Peter Korsgaard <jacmet at uclibc.org> wrote:
>>>>>> "Samuel" == Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi,
>
>  >> This seems backwards. Wouldn't you want to keep the binaries if libintl
>  >> is enabled?
>
>  Samuel> Actually, do we really need to remove these binaries?
>  Samuel> On an arm build, these 3 binaries take less than 80KB.
>
> I don't feel strongly about it. The stuff needing gettext is typically
> quite a lot bigger than 80KB, so perhaps simplifying stuff is indeed the
> way to go.

I would suggest that if we used to remove it then we should keep
removing it. Otherwise you end up in the situation where you update
buildroot and your filesystem image gets ever so slightly bigger and
won't fit in flash any more.