whith this kludge, the devel/gettext package can again be build on the vax.
please test, and comment.
ok?
Index: devel/gettext/patches/patch-gettext-runtime_configure
===================================================================
RCS file: devel/gettext/patches/patch-gettext-runtime_configure
diff -N devel/gettext/patches/patch-gettext-runtime_configure
--- /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ devel/gettext/patches/patch-gettext-runtime_configure 31 Oct 2007
16:45:27 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+$OpenBSD$
+--- gettext-runtime/configure.orig Wed Oct 31 07:48:40 2007
++++ gettext-runtime/configure Wed Oct 31 07:55:25 2007
+@@ -23086,7 +23086,9 @@ cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+ cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+ /* end confdefs.h. */
+ extern void xyzzy ();
++#ifndef __vax__
+ #pragma weak xyzzy
++#endif
+ int
+ main ()
+ {
Index: devel/gettext/patches/patch-gettext-tools_configure
===================================================================
RCS file: devel/gettext/patches/patch-gettext-tools_configure
diff -N devel/gettext/patches/patch-gettext-tools_configure
--- /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ devel/gettext/patches/patch-gettext-tools_configure 31 Oct 2007 16:45:27
-0000
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+$OpenBSD$
+--- gettext-tools/configure.orig Wed Oct 31 07:55:51 2007
++++ gettext-tools/configure Wed Oct 31 07:57:58 2007
+@@ -23744,7 +23744,9 @@ cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+ cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+ /* end confdefs.h. */
+ extern void xyzzy ();
++#ifndef __vax__
+ #pragma weak xyzzy
++#endif
+ int
+ main ()
+ {
