Ryan Schmidt wrote:
On May 21, 2009, at 02:26, [email protected] wrote:
+depends_build port:pkgconfig \
+ port:intltool \
+ port:gettext \
+ port:p5-xml-parser \
+ port:gtk-doc
I've seen other ports list gettext as a build dependency, but I've
always wondered what kind of software would want to use gettext at
build time but not at runtime? How does that work? It is a
localization system, and the way it's usually used is to compile text
message catalogs into a binary form at build time, and to link with
the libintl library, and at runtime to use libintl to load those
message catalogs and pull translations out of them.
You're right, of course, Ryan. Feel free to remove the build dependency
on gettext anywhere you see it in the gnome ports I've been
updating. At the same time, it doesn't need to be added to depends_lib
for these ports (or any gtk2 app) because it is a library dependency
of gtk2.
Thanks for calling me on this. A second pair of eyes is always useful.
Dave
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