Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> I think it is a *bad* idea to make getopt depend on gettext
> unconditionally. I suggest a patch similar to the one below.
>
> --- getopt.c.orig 2005-05-14 09:15:14.000000000 +0200
> +++ getopt.c 2005-05-30 15:27:01.578335784 +0200
> @@ -50,8 +50,12 @@
> #ifdef _LIBC
> # include <libintl.h>
> #else
> -# include "gettext.h"
> -# define _(msgid) gettext (msgid)
> +# ifdef NO_GETTEXT
> +# define _(msgid) (msgid)
> +# else
> +# include "gettext.h"
> +# define _(msgid) gettext (msgid)
> +# endif
> #endif
>
> #if defined _LIBC && defined USE_IN_LIBIO
I object against this kind of patch, because:
- getopt is about the command-line interface of programs. It is
immediately visible to the users. Internationalization is necessary
here. (Remember that half of Japan's computer users don't know
English, and similarly for China.)
- For programs that really don't want internationalization, you can
add a file gettext.h in your source tree containing merely
#define gettext(s) s
And then you pass the --avoid=gettext option to gnulib-tool.
(Option --avoid cuts a dependency during gnulib-tools' dependency
analysis. It has been requested many times. Any volunteer for implementing
it?)
Bruno
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