Re: lynx-dev Re: Hello/LYNX

[dickey]

> 
> > > > because later versions of GNU gettext are _not_ stable (or compatible 
> > > > with 
> ... 
> > there was some problem with using the latest). 
  
I won't respond to this because it addresses issues other than those I 
mentioned.

> If the gettext package is taken out from under the Lynx apron, there will  
> be no problem.  The problems with the quoting or bracketing of includes, 
> the unnecessary includes, having to use GNU make, incompatibility with 
> Sun's implementation, are GNU gettext's problems, not Lynx's, IMO. 
>  
> Furthermore, the GNU gettext package is quite easy to build and install 
> (including on Solaris), about on the order of building libz, and much 
> easier than other packages such as libncurses or libbind that a person 
> might want to use to link with when building Lynx.  The GNU gettext 
> package carries its own documentation on how to avoid conflicts with 
> a vendor's gettext version.  However, it is not so easy that a person 
> would want to install an outdated or inferior version. 
>  
> __Henry 


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