Hi Iain, Iain Sandoe <i...@sandoe.co.uk> writes:
> 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.
I'll throw in "provided by GNU gettext"
>>
>>
>> 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/
Hmm, I was referring to the library function here, which matches the
table this sentence references (which names a column 'gettext present in
libc').
> +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 …"
@xref inserts 'See '
>> +information on the conditions required to get gettext support.
>
> information on the options for providing gettext {as part of the
> build?}
The table is more general. It covers what happens with/without gettext
in-tree, with/without libintl on the system, with/without gettext in
libc and when passing --with/out-included-gettext.
Thanks, have a lovely day.
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Arsen Arsenović
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