[gettext] Re: gettext/configure inconveniences

[Bruno Haible]

Ian T Zimmerman wrote on 1997-04-01:

> if the admin installing the package says "I already *have*
> GNU gettext functions, *use them*!" why not trust her, instead of
> wastefully and confusingly linking to a fresh copy?
> ...
> it would be nice if
> configurations were written with sharing in mind to start with.

gettext-0.10.37 shares as much as possible: Unless configured with
--disable-shared, and unless GNU gettext() is already found in system
libraries, it will install libintl as a shared library.

Bruno