Re: mingw build error

[Adrien Hupond]

Hi everyone,

I'm replying to an old message from Bob Rossi and Karl Berry concerning an 
error occuring when compiling Texinfo with an out-of-the-box mingw ; you may 
find the whole conversation here : 
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2006-12/msg00019.html

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From:   Karl Berry
Subject:        Re: mingw build error
Date:   Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:41:22 -0600

   Are you suggesting this is not a
   texinfo bug, but a gettext bug?

Either gettext or mingw.  It's nothing that it is specific to texinfo.

It's also possible that it was a bug in the gettext released with
texinfo 4.8 (a couple years old by now) that has been fixed since.

It seems somewhat surprising that it hasn't come up before.  That's what
makes me think that mingw might be involved.

   OK, I just thought I'd send this bug in

Yes indeed.  Thanks very much for doing that.

Best,
Karl
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I experienced the same problem when compiling either texinfo or gettext ; 
when reading the code, the only reason for having the inda sublanguage 
defined to 01 when it's set to 00 is that it is already defined somewhere 
else. I was unable to find where the value was set, so I commented the 
#ifndef line to generate an error which would trace the original value : 
<winnt.h> is the file setting india sublanguage to 1

The workaround I have chosen for this is to edit this file and change the 
value so it is consistant with both gettext and texinfo. I'm on my way to 
send this bug to mingw so they can have this mistake investigated and 
corrected ...

Regards,
Adrien