Re: gettext-0.10.40 and later

[Paul Eggert]

> From: Eric Behr <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 23:08:56 -0600 (CST)
> 
> I could work around it, but life is too short. Please fix this, or
> explain this in READMEs, or mark the package clearly as platform-
> -dependent (I'm sure it builds just fine on Linux.) Thank you.

A common problem with GCC installations on Solaris is that 'assert'
doesn't work.  The symptoms will be a problem with eprintf.  To work
around the problem, try running configure with CPPFLAGS='-DNDEBUG' set
in your environment.  (You can also install GCC correctly, but it's a
tricky procedure and, as you say, life is too short.)

gettext is one of the few GNU programs that actually uses 'assert'.
Most GNU programs simply abort if there's an error; this is more
portable in practice.