[gettext] Re: GNU Gettext headers

[Bruno Haible]

Andrew Clausen wrote on 1999-11-07;

> Packages using gettext include a version of the libintl
> sources.  However, authors are not instructed to use
> the includes (i.e. $(top_srcdir)/intl/libintl.h)
> ...
> My solution has been to add a variable INTLINCS, by
> changing configure.in:
>
> AM_GNU_GETTEXT
> if test "$USE_INCLUDED_LIBINTL" = "yes"; then
>         INTLINCS=`-I$(top_srcdir)/intl`
> fi
> AC_SUBST(INTLINCS)

Thanks for the report.
In gettext-0.10.37 you can unconditionally use  -I$(top_builddir)/intl.
This directory will contain a libintl.h file if and only if
USE_INCLUDED_LIBINTL is set; if not, your  #include <libintl.h>
statement will refer to the system's header,

Bruno