Re: AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external]) broken

[Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>]

Tom Tromey wrote:

> > > > > > "Charles" == Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu> writes:
> Charles> If I use AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external]) in my configure.ac, then
> Charles> I shouldn't need to have /po and /intl directories in my
> Charles> tree.
>
> Charles> Shouldn't all of these be optional if 'external' is specified?
>
> Yes.  The external feature is new since the automake gettext support
> was written (a long time ago).  Would you please submit an automake
> Gnats PR for this?

Okay, I'll go figure out how to do that.

BTW, there's an additional problem -- gettext.m4 doesn't set 
BUILD_INCLUDED_GETTEXT or USE_INCLUDED_GETTEXT (to 'no') when 'external' 
 is specified; the variables are left unspec'ed.  **probably** not a 
problem -- unless you gettextize in order to work around the automake 
bug, like I did <g> -- in which case your project's build will fail 
trying to make 'all-@BUILD_INCLUDED_GETTEXT@' in the "unused" intl/ 
directory...

But, that's a gettext problem for Bruno to fix.

--Chuck