[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/gettext-tiny: Add new package

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello Vadim,

On Tue, 21 Aug 2018 23:07:59 +0300, Vadim Kochan wrote:

> >  - There are a few packages that unconditionally need host-gettext. Is
> >    this really true ?  
> Not sure about this)

In this situation, we have:

 - aumix
 - host-guile
 - host-intltool (perhaps legit ?)
 - host-libglib2
 - libv4l (for AM_ICONV m4 macro)
 - linphone
 - mediastreamer
 - host-mono
 - sysstat (which also uses TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES... weird)
 - tvheadend
 - host-wine
 - xkeyboard-config
 - zbar (for AM_ICONV m4 macro)

> >  - Some packages need host-gettext because of the AM_ICONV m4 macro
> >    provided by gettext.m4. Is gettext-tiny also providing the
> >    gettext-related m4 macros ?  
> Yes it has some set of m4 macrosses, but it needs to be tested how it
> works for the buildroot.
> 
> What if I will start from converting gettext package into the virtual
> one (with renaming the original
> gettext -> gettext-gnu)  ? And after I will try to add gettext-tiny as
> gettext provider.

Looks OK to me. I think the choice between gettext and gettext-tiny is
really a top-level decision, so it probably belongs near the "Enable
Native Language Support (NLS)" option in "System configuration".

Best regards,

Thomas
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