Gettext portability issues.

[Alberto Ruiz]

Hi there,

I'm trying to generate an automated build of glib/gtk+ and all its
dependencies for windows using mingw from linux.

Due to the importance of automating the process and the fact that I cannot
install binaries with the automation software, I need to compile gettext.
Since gettext target is Win32, I cannot execute the resulting binary (unless
I use binfmt and wine). The problem here is that autotools detect the host
version of gettext and generate the output .mo files using the linux
binaries.

Then I realized that internationalization is not working, and I found
somewhere that the windows and the unix format are not compatible. So I
tried to run the generated gettext with wine and didn't worked either.

So my question is, what's the difference between the two formats, how should
I build the windows binary cross compiling to make it work, and if possible,
how can I generate windows .mo output using the native linux gettext.

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Cheers,
Alberto Ruiz