ITP: Guile 1.5.6

[Nicholas Wourms]

Nicholas Wourms wrote:

> Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
>
>> Nicholas Wourms <nwourms@netscape.net> writes:
>>
>>
>>> The config.site doesn't seem right, like not detecting libintl.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, indeed.  I removed those two (very old) cache overrides; those
>> are no longer necessary.
>>
>> It should be no issue at this time, because Guile does not use
>> gettext.  However, LilyPond does, and I don't understand the
>> (preferred) use of libintl2 [and libiconv2].
>>
>> Configure only checks for -lintl, not for -lintl-1 or -lintl-2?
>>
>> It's only when installing libintl-0.10.38, that I get:
>>
>>    checking for gettext in -lintl... yes
>>    checking for gettext... yes
>>
>> are maybe some .la or files or postinstall scripts missing from
>> libintl1 and libintl2 packages?
>>
> Jan,
>
> The libintl is built from gettext, and the libintl-0.nn.nn package 
> only contains runtime libraries.  The import libraries are in 
> gettext-0.11.2-2.  When configure is checking for libintl, it wants 
> the /lib/libintl(.dll)a import library.  Here is what you need:
>
> 1)gettext-0.11.2-2
> 2)gettext-devel-0.11.2-2
> 3)libiconv-1.8-2
>
> Cheers,
> Nicholas
>
Permit me to further clarify:
"When configure is checking for libintl, it wants the 
/lib/libintl(.dll)a import library."

What I want to say is:
"When configure is checking for libintl support, it is looking fot the 
/lib/libintl(.dll).a import library, not /bin/cygintl-n.dll."

Cheers,
Nicholas