Re: gettext-0.10.38 and Solaris 7 question

[Bruno Haible]

Lars Hecking writes:

>  I was ldd'ing the binaries before installation, with no previous
>  gettext install. ldd -s reports that the correct library search
>  path is indeed used.

The next gettext release will use libtool-1.4 which automatically adds
-rpath when constructing executables. This kind of problem will
therefore go away.

>  Another thing: Tom Dickey tells me that gettext does not currently
>  work with Solaris' gettext.

GNU gettext 0.10.38 does not use Solaris libintl, it uses its own
libintl. This is because the Solaris libintl/msgfmt combination does
not work with GNU PO files.

> Not knowing any details, are there any plans to rectify this?

Yes there are rumors that the Solaris people might add support for the
GNU .mo files to their libintl. Whether they will also support the
ngettext() function, I don't know.

Bruno