Hi Arsen,
> On 28 Oct 2023, at 10:22, Arsen Arsenović <ar...@aarsen.me> wrote:
> Andrew Pinski <pins...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> One comment from me. It would be nice to update install.texi in
>> gcc/doc/ to make a mention of this requirement for non-glibc hosts.
>
> What do you think of the following:
The hiccup for me is that we need to mention that libintl is provided by a
package
with a different name, that might not be obvious to someone unfamiliar with
this.
>
>
> diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
> index a17016cd8977..e5137f9d7a1b 100644
> --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
> +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
> @@ -2215,6 +2215,11 @@ which lets GCC output diagnostics in languages other
> than American
> English. Native Language Support is enabled by default if not doing a
> canadian cross build. The @option{--disable-nls} option disables NLS@.
>
> +Note that this functionality requires either libintl or C standard
> +library that contains support for gettext (such as the GNU C Library).
s/gettext/NLS/
+If your installation does not provide either, libibtl can be provided by the
gettext package
> +@xref{with-included-gettext,,--with-included-gettext} for more
“see …"
> +information on the conditions required to get gettext support.
information on the options for providing gettext {as part of the build?}
Iain
> +
> @item --with-libintl-prefix=@var{dir}
> @itemx --without-libintl-prefix
> Searches for libintl in @file{@var{dir}/include} and
> @@ -2225,6 +2230,7 @@ linker handle it.
> Specifies the type of library to search for when looking for libintl.
> @var{type} can be one of @code{auto}, @code{static} or @code{shared}.
>
> +@anchor{with-included-gettext}
> @item --with-included-gettext
> Only available if @file{gettext} is present in the source tree.
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Arsen Arsenović
