On 07/31/11 01:11, Amit Kulkarni wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> How do you use check for libintl? This small fragment doesn't work for me.
>
>
> I forgot to mention, this doesn't work in 2.6[3|4|5|7|8] when I generate
> using
> #env AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.6X autoconf -i
>
> on amd64
>
>>
>> ------------- configure.ac --------------
>> AC_INIT
>>
>> AC_CHECK_LIB(intl,main)
>> AC_CHECK_LIB(intl,ngettext)
>> AC_CHECK_LIB(intl,dcgettext)
>> AC_CHECK_LIB(intl,dcngettext)
>> AC_CHECK_LIB(intl,libintl_dcigettext)
>> AC_CHECK_LIB(intl,dngettext)
>> AC_CHECK_LIB(intl,_nl_find_msg)
>> AC_CHECK_LIB([intl],[gettext])
>> AC_CHECK_LIB(intl,libintl_gettextparse)
>> AC_CHECK_LIB(intl,bindtextdomain)
>> AC_CHECK_LIB(intl,setlocale)
>> m4_unquote(
>> _m4_defn([_m4_wrap_text])_m4_popdef([_m4_wrap_text]))
>>
>> ------------ end ------------------
>>
>
>
Since the error wasn't provided, the guess the error was
something like undefined reference to libiconv.....
extract from a config.log (this used autoconf 2.61)
configure:22710: result: no
configure:22846: checking if -liconv is needed to use gettext
configure:22848: result:
configure:22850: checking for ngettext in -lintl
configure:22885: cc -o conftest -O2 -pipe -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib
conftest.c -lintl -liconv >&5
configure:22891: $? = 0
configure:22909: result: yes
configure:22912: checking for dcgettext in -lintl
configure:22947: cc -o conftest -O2 -pipe -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib
conftest.c -lintl -liconv >&5
conftest.c:50: warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'dcgettext'
configure:22953: $? = 0
configure:22971: result: yes
configure:22999: checking for bind_textdomain_codeset
configure:23055: cc -o conftest -O2 -pipe -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib
conftest.c -lintl -liconv >&5
configure:23061: $? = 0
configure:23079: result: yes
configure:23119: checking for msgfmt
configure:23146: result: /usr/local/bin/msgfmt
configure:23159: checking for dcgettext
The section of a config file as example of how it's done from a port...
AC_MSG_CHECKING([if -liconv is needed to use gettext])
AC_MSG_RESULT([])
AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, ngettext,
[AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, dcgettext,
[gt_cv_func_dgettext_libintl=yes
libintl_extra_libs=-liconv],
:,-liconv)],
:,-liconv)
