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authorThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>2010-05-24 22:32:03 +0200
committerThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>2010-05-24 22:33:07 +0200
commit77e026bbfabe01fc4c4f3410d283dbd7d836162a (patch)
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Add documentation on gettext integration
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
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@@ -798,6 +798,8 @@ community support.</p>
<li><a href="#manual-tutorial">Manual Makefile : tutorial</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
+ <li><a href="#gettext-integration">Gettext integration and
+ interaction with packages</a></li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="package-directory"></a>Package directory</h3>
@@ -1583,6 +1585,62 @@ LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
line <a href="#ex2line40">40</a>, which is used by Buildroot to download,
compile, and then install this package. </p>
+ <h3><a name="gettext-integration"></a>Gettext integration and
+ interaction with packages</h3>
+
+ <p>Many packages that support internationalization use the gettext
+ library. Dependency on this library are fairly complicated and
+ therefore deserves a few explanations.</p>
+
+ <p>The <i>uClibc</i> C library doesn't implement gettext
+ functionality, therefore with this C library, a separate gettext
+ must be compiled. On the other hand, the <i>glibc</i> C library
+ does integrate its own gettext, and in this case, the separate
+ gettext library should not be compiled, because it creates various
+ kind of build failures.</p>
+
+ <p>Additionnaly, some packages (such as libglib2) do require
+ gettext unconditionnally, while other packages (those who
+ support <code>--disable-nls</code> in general) only require
+ gettext when locale support is enabled.</p>
+
+ <p>Therefore, Buildroot defines two configuration options:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li><code>BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT</code>, which is true as soon as the
+ toolchain doesn't provide its own gettext implementation</li>
+
+ <li><code>BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE</code>, which is true if
+ the toolchain doesn't provide its own gettext implementation and
+ if locale support is enabled</li>
+
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>Therefore, packages that unconditionnally need gettext should:</p>
+
+ <ol>
+ <li>Use <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTTEXT if
+ BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT</code> and possibly <code>select
+ BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT</code> if libintl is
+ also needed</li>
+
+ <li>Use <code>$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT),gettext)</code> in the
+ package <code>DEPENDENCIES</code> variable</li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <p>Packages that need gettext only when locale support is enabled
+ should:</p>
+
+ <ol>
+ <li>Use <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTTEXT if
+ BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE</code> and possibly <code>select
+ BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE</code> if
+ libintl is also needed</li>
+
+ <li>Use <code>$(if
+ $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext)</code> in the
+ package <code>DEPENDENCIES</code> variable</li>
+ </ol>
<h3>Conclusion</h3>