Re: sourceware configure always causes static linking against libintl?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:08:12 +0200
> 
> > it seems like config/gettext.m4 forcefull uses libintl.a, here:
> 
> The history of binutils-gdb/config/gettext.m4 shows that it is
> essentially a copy from 2004 of the one from GNU gettext.
> 
> Also, the NEWS file of GNU gettext 0.20 (May 2019) says:
> 
>     Instead of including the intl sources in your package,
>     we suggest making the libintl library an optional prerequisite of your
>     package. This will simplify the build system of your package.
> 
> Nevertheless, the binutils-gdb tree still carries an 'intl' directory.
> 
> So, I think you need to talk with the maintainers of this binutils-gdb
> tree.

You are saying that what I see is the result of including the 'intl'
directory and its corresponding *.m4 files?  If so, would removing
that directory before building fix the problem, in your opinion?

Thanks.