Re: Small typo result in build error with MSVC

Bruno Haible via Gnulib discussion list <[email protected]> Sat, 07 Jun 2025 05:07:04 +0200
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Hi Kirill,

I wrote:
> > > checking for GNU gettext in libintl... no
> > > checking whether to use NLS... no
> 
> The simple explanation for this one is that before today [1], GNU gettext
> on MSVC did not install the intl-8.dll in a way that was usable
> from a Cygwin environment. It was usable from a cmd.exe environment,
> but here the configure script being a shell script, it needs a Cygwin
> environment or similar.
> 
> So, you need to install GNU gettext from today (or, if an older one, build it
> with --disable-shared), and then the "checking for GNU gettext in libintl..."
> test should report "yes".

It still reports "no". You also need to apply this bug fix [2]; then it will
report "yes".

Thanks for the report!

Bruno

[2] https://gitweb.git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gettext.git;a=commitdiff;h=8000b5d9e31796eedae529b1477750dc16971ad5