[Bug binutils/149] New: configure incorrectly assumes presence of gettext implies presence of msgfmt

[dk at artimi dot com]

The subject says it all.  Building current (5 May 2004) CVS HEAD binutils 
sources fails on cygwin when the make gets to bfd/po, with this error:

creating po/Makefile.in
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/build/obj-bug/bfd/po'
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/build/obj-bug/bfd/po'
file=../../../src/bfd/po/`echo fr | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
  && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH msgfmt -o $file ../../../src/bfd/po/fr.po
msgfmt: not found
make[3]: *** [fr.gmo] Error 127
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/build/obj-bug/bfd/po'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/build/obj-bug/bfd'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/build/obj-bug/bfd'
make: *** [all-bfd] Error 2

  The basic problem is that it is common on a cygwin platform to have gettext 
but not msgfmt installed.  bfd/configure appears to assume from the existence 
of gettext that it can use msgfmt as well.  This error occurs when configuring 
without any command line options at all (well, I did use -v, and haven't 
retested without, but that's not likely to have made a difference).

  There's an easy workaround: just use --disable-nls when configuring.  
configure should be made to test for msgfmt explicitly and disable nls support 
if it can't find it (unless there's a gettext-only workaround).

  I have kept all the config logs, in case they're of any use, but won't 
attach them just yet.


   cheers,
      DaveK

-- 
           Summary: configure incorrectly assumes presence of gettext
                    implies presence of msgfmt
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.15
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: binutils
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: dk at artimi dot com
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org
 GCC build triplet: i686-pc-cygwin
  GCC host triplet: i686-pc-cygwin
GCC target triplet: i686-pc-cygwin


http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=149

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