Re: AM_GNU_GETTEXT(use-libtool) and Automake's "make distcheck"

[Bruno Haible]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz writes:
> >>> "Bruno" == Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
>  Bruno> However, if any other package than GNU gettext installed
>  Bruno> libintl.so, we'd get lots of new problems (rpl_malloc,
>  Bruno> package dependencies.  So please don't do this.
> 
> Another idea would be that such applications (use-libtool +
> included-gettext) install libintl.la in $(libdir)/@PACKAGE@/.

This leads to problems too: If $(libdir) contains a copy of libintl.la
as well, and both $(libdir) and $(libdir)/@PACKAGE@ are in the shared
library search path of @PACKAGE@'s executable, we get problems. You
think that libtool versioning should sort this out, but libtool
versioning appears to not work on IRIX...

So I stay with the recommendation: If you need to install shared
libraries which need libintl if NLS is desired, ask your i18n
demanding users to install GNU gettext first.

Bruno