[bug-gettext] [bug #45527] Build fails on Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier: Undefined symbols: "_stpncpy"

URL: Summary: Build fails on Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier: Undefined symbols: "_stpncpy" Project: GNU gettext Submitted by: ryandesign Submitted on: Sat 11 Jul 2015 12:39:29 PM GMT Catego

[bug-gettext] [bug #45527] Build fails on Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier: Undefined symbols: "_stpncpy"

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #45527 (project gettext): The replacement stpncpy is pulled from gnulib. If the check or replacement code doesn't work on older Mac OS X, I'd suggest to consult the gnulib people (bug-gnu...@gnu.org). $ tar tf gettext-0.19.5.tar.xz | grep stpncpy gettext-0.19.5/get

Re: [bug-gettext] lang-* tests

Daiki Ueno wrote in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gettext/2015-07/msg1.html: > By the way, I tend to think those lang-* tests might be pointless, since > they check the system, not the gettext package itself. Perhaps it might > be better to disable them by default. These tests are not

[bug-gettext] [bug #45527] Build fails on Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier: Undefined symbols: "_stpncpy"

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #45527 (project gettext): Ugh, sorry, the gnulib stpncpy module was not imported to libgettextpo. That should be fixed with: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gettext.git/commit/?id=257fad6ebbd4ebe4362f4020dda5c3caff58cdb4 If this is too severe, I can make a new minor re

Re: [bug-gettext] lang-* tests

Bruno Haible writes: > These tests are not pointless. They serve 3 purposes: Thanks Bruno, those are all good points. > 1) They are integration tests. They test the internationalization > from the beginning (a source file with marked strings) to the > end (the receipt of a localized