Re: [bug-gnulib] getopt depending on gettext

2005-05-31 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> > I think it is a *bad* idea to make getopt depend on gettext > > unconditionally. > > Is this because groff uses getopt but not gettext? Exactly. Adding gettext support to groff would be nice, but until now it hasn't happened. > What about the other gnulib modules that depend on gettext? He

Re: [bug-gnulib] getopt depending on gettext

2005-05-30 Thread Paul Eggert
Werner LEMBERG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think it is a *bad* idea to make getopt depend on gettext > unconditionally. Is this because groff uses getopt but not gettext? What about the other gnulib modules that depend on gettext? Here is a list. Shouldn't they be in the same category as g

[bug-gnulib] getopt depending on gettext

2005-05-30 Thread Werner LEMBERG
I think it is a *bad* idea to make getopt depend on gettext unconditionally. I suggest a patch similar to the one below. BTW, Nelson Beebe tested a prerelease of groff 1.19.2 on his zoo of Unix platforms. He writes: Builds with C++ compilers fail in compiling getopt.c; it is too bad that t