Re: MacOS X 10.7 and gettext

2011-10-05 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Hi Bruno, On 5 Oct 2011, at 18:54, Bruno Haible wrote: > Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >>> the "normal" way to install packages, for people who >>> are not used to fiddling with source code, is through MacPorts, >>> and MacPorts carries gettext 0.18.1.1 with the fix. >> >> Actually MacPorts is not that

Re: MacOS X 10.7 and gettext

2011-10-05 Thread Peter O'Gorman
On 10/05/2011 06:54 AM, Bruno Haible wrote: Interestingly, while MacOS X 10.7 was released on 2011-07-20, the stpncpy glitch was - fixed in MacPorts on 2010-08-13 (these people must have access to prereleases of MacOS X or its libc), This was fixed in MacPorts by Jeremy Huddleston, who

Re: MacOS X 10.7 and gettext

2011-10-05 Thread Bruno Haible
Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > > the "normal" way to install packages, for people who > > are not used to fiddling with source code, is through MacPorts, > > and MacPorts carries gettext 0.18.1.1 with the fix. > > Actually MacPorts is not that widely used anymore, most people have long > since migrated

Re: MacOS X 10.7 and gettext

2011-10-04 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Hi Bruno, On 5 Oct 2011, at 03:01, Bruno Haible wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> I don't see why everyone should accept an older version >> just because a build-glitch affects one type of system. The work-around >> is trivial. > > Additionally, the "normal" way to install packages, for people who

Re: MacOS X 10.7 and gettext

2011-10-04 Thread Bruno Haible
Jim Meyering wrote: > I don't see why everyone should accept an older version > just because a build-glitch affects one type of system. The work-around > is trivial. Additionally, the "normal" way to install packages, for people who are not used to fiddling with source code, is through MacPorts,