Re: gettext in bootstrap-tools

[Joel E. Denny]

Hi Bruno, Paul,

On Sat, 31 Jul 2010, Bruno Haible wrote:

> Regarding gettext, there is usually no functional difference between .mo
> files generated by msgfmt 0.11 and those generated by msgfmt 0.18.1.1.
> So it's probably not worth mentioning.

For users who are trying to debug a bison build problem but who aren't 
aware of the above, I think knowing the gettext version could help them to 
rule out gettext backward compatibility as the culprit.

On Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Paul Eggert wrote:

> Here's my rule of thumb.  If a package relies on standardized features,
> such as those standardized by POSIX or the ISO, then there's little need
> to say which version of the corresponding tools we're using; but if
> a developer needs non-standardized features, such as automake or flex
> or some special Bash extension, it's useful to give version info.
> By this measure I'd say gettext falls on the "please give the version number"
> side of the line.

This makes sense to me, and I can't imagine how giving the version number 
could hurt.

Thanks.