On Sun, Nov 19, 2023 at 5:15 PM Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> wrote:
> David Edelsohn wrote: > > --disable-threads currently does not completely disable threads. Bruno > is > > suggesting --enable-threads=isoc that relies on mtx mutex functions in > libc. > > Unfortunately, as said in the other mail today, relying only on mtx_* > functions > did not drop the dependency towards libpthreads. > > So, I've made a new release gettext-0.22.4, that includes only these > changes: > > - AM_GNU_GETTEXT now recognizes a statically built libintl on macOS and > AIX. > > - Passing --disable-threads now builds a libintl that, on AIX, does not > need -lpthread. > > - Other build fixes on AIX. > > > Yes, GCC should configure the in tree gettext with --disable-threads, but > > that configure option is not completely effective and does not produce a > > build without threads references. > > Now it is effective. But you (Arsen) should state in the documentation > (gcc/doc/install.texi) that for --disable-threads to have this effect, > one needs gettext version 0.22.4 or newer. > So the question is do we want to change GCC on AIX to always link against pthreads so that GCC can build with default, external builds of gettext libintl. I don't see a path for i18n support to work for GCC on AIX without that unfortunate change. Thanks, David
