From 4352534a0cb9f48fc47f98e048265087a6cd9dba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:44:24 +0100 Subject: README: Document the known problem with gettext <= 0.17. --- README | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index fcac30f5e..25f7ed35b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -63,6 +63,18 @@ the ls `time-1' test to fail. I believe that is due to a bug in the way Sun implemented link(2) and chmod(2). +***************************************** +Test failure with NLS and gettext <= 0.17 +----------------------------------------- + +Due to a conflict between libintl.h and gnulib's new xprintf module, +when you configure with NLS support, and with a gettext installation +older than 0.17.1 (not yet released, at the time of this writing), +then some tests fail, at least on NetBSD 1.6. To work around it in +the mean time, you can configure with --disable-nls. For details, +see . + + *********************** Pre-C99 build failure ----------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf