Re: cannot compile under cygwin because of gnulib/uninorm

[Brian Inglis]

On 2024-12-04 12:18, Denis Excoffier wrote:
> > On 2024-12-04 07:53, Bruno Haible wrote:
> > Denis Excoffier wrote in
> > <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gettext/2024-12/msg00064.html>:
> > > I tried to build gettext-0.23 under cygwin (recent).
> > > It failed with two errors to a reference to a non const variable.
> > > I had to apply the following (see below) and this is fine now.
> > > gettext-0.22.5 was ok.

> > The patch is obviously wrong [1].
> > Since you say that it was OK with gettext 0.22.5, it is clear that it
> > is related to the GNU libunistring version that you have installed.
> > And since you mention "non-const variable", it is also clear that it
> > is caused by the Windows DLL mechanism. Therefore the available fixes
> > are:
> >   (a) Build and install GNU libunistring 1.3 first, and make it a
> >       prerequisite.
> >   (b) Build gettext with --with-included-libunistring. This will not
> >       use a preinstalled libunistring.
> >   (c) Build that particular compilation unit with a C++ compiler instead
> >       of a C compiler.
> > I would recommend (a) or (b).
> > [1] It introduces an endless recursion.

> Thank you. I used (b) with no patch at all. Only --with-included-libunistring
> (and --prefix=… --disable-silent-rules to be exhaustive). And build was perfect.
> However, here is a remark in connection with your other message:
> I have no LC_* or LANG set.
> I have no possibility to change the language preference in WCP (it is "french 
> only").

What about Setup/Regional settings including Language preferences etc?

> Now i run:
> jupiter% /usr/bin/xgettext --version
> xgettext (GNU gettext-tools) 0.22.5
> Copyright (C) 1995-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> Written by Ulrich Drepper.
> jupiter%
> This is 100% as expected.
> But when i run:
> jupiter% /.../my/gettext/bin/xgettext --version
> xgettext (GNU gettext-tools) 0.23
> Copyright (C) 1995-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> Licence GPLv3+ : GNU GPL version 3 ou ultérieure 
> <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
> Ceci est un logiciel libre : vous pouvez le modifier et le redistribuer.
> Il n'y a PAS DE GARANTIE, dans la mesure de ce que permet la loi.
> Écrit par Ulrich Drepper.
> jupiter%
> I get the message in french. Seems that some patch is necessary after all.

That is the intent and what I would expect with Cygwin default settings.

Please run:

$ echo LANG "$LANG" CTYPE "$LC_CTYPE" ALL "$LC_ALL"
$ locale
$ for o in s u f i n; do echo "locale -$o: `locale -$o`"; done

and share the results.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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