On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 9:22 AM Arsen Arsenović <ar...@aarsen.me> wrote:
> > David Edelsohn <dje....@gmail.com> writes: > > > GCC had been working on AIX with NLS, using "--with-included-gettext". > > --disable-nls gets past the breakage, but GCC does not build for me on > AIX > > with NLS enabled. > > That should still work with gettext 0.22+ extracted in-tree (it should > be fetched by download_prerequisites). > > > A change in dependencies for GCC should have been announced and more > widely > > socialized in the GCC development mailing list, not just GCC patches > > mailing list. > > > > I have tried both the AIX Open Source libiconv and libgettext package, > and > > the ones that I previously built. Both fail because GCC configure > decides > > to disable NLS, despite being requested, while libcpp is satisfied, so > > tools in the gcc subdirectory don't link against libiconv and the build > > fails. With the included gettext, I was able to rely on a > self-consistent > > solution. > > That is interesting. They should be using the same checks. I've > checked trunk and regenerated files on it, and saw no significant diff > (some whitespace changes only). Could you post the config.log of both? > > I've never used AIX. Can I reproduce this on one of the cfarm machines > to poke around? I've tried cfarm119, but that one lacked git, and I > haven't poked around much further due to time constraints. > The AIX system in the Compile Farm has a complete complement of Open Source software installed. Please ensure that /opt/freeware/bin is in your path. Also, the GCC Wiki Compile Farm page has build tips that include AIX https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/CompileFarm#Services_and_software_installed_on_farm_machines that recommended --with-included-gettext configuration option. Thanks, David > > TIA, sorry about the inconvenience. Have a lovely day. > > > The current gettext-0.22.3 fails to build for me on AIX. > > > > libcpp configure believes that NLS functions on AIX, but gcc configure > > fails in its tests of gettext functionality, which leads to an > inconsistent > > configuration and build breakage. > > > > Thanks, David > > > -- > Arsen Arsenović >
