libintl-devel not a dependency of python3-devel

Marco Atzeri marco.atzeri@gmail.com
Thu Jan 20 18:30:14 GMT 2022


On 20.01.2022 08:50, Till Riedel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just an observation/bug report:
> 
> python3-config --ldflags outputs for 3.8.12:
> 
> -L/usr/lib -lpython3.8 -lcrypt -lintl -ldl
> 
> which make ld fail with
> 
> " cannot find -lintl" (actually I do not even know it its needed)
> 
> Fixing this (eg. for automated builds etc) requires libintl-devel  as a 
> dependency
> 
> Best
> 
> Till
> 
> PS: this is rather an annoyance, as installing libintl-devel once will 
> fix the issue for anyone forever. However, since python package builds 
> are involved it might hit a few "novice" users
> 


Thanks Till,

Noted for the next rebuild


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