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docs/manual: update documentation about gettext handling

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This commit updates the Buildroot manual regarding how gettext related
issues are handled, now that we have cases where the gettext package
should be selected even with glibc toolchains.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
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Thomas Petazzoni 2014-08-16 15:47:22 +02:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
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@ -8,15 +8,22 @@ library. Dependencies for this library are fairly complicated and
therefore, deserve some explanation.
The 'uClibc' C library doesn't implement gettext functionality;
therefore with this C library, a separate gettext must be compiled. On
the other hand, the 'glibc' C library does integrate its own gettext,
and in this case the separate gettext library should not be compiled,
because it creates various kinds of build failures.
therefore with this C library, a separate gettext must be compiled,
which is provided by the additional +libintl+ library, part of the
+gettext+ package.
On the other hand, the 'glibc' C library does integrate its own
gettext library functions, so it is not necessary to build a separate
+libintl+ library.
However, certain packages need some gettext utilities on the target,
such as the +gettext+ program itself, which allows to retrieve
translated strings, from the command line.
Additionally, some packages (such as +libglib2+) do require gettext
unconditionally, while other packages (those who support
+--disable-nls+ in general) only require gettext when locale support
is enabled.
functions unconditionally, while other packages (in general, those who
support +--disable-nls+) only require gettext functions when locale
support is enabled.
Therefore, Buildroot defines two configuration options:
@ -44,3 +51,11 @@ should:
* use +$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT),gettext)+ in the package
+DEPENDENCIES+ variable in the +.mk+ file.
Packages that need the +gettext+ utilities on the target (should be
rare) should:
* use +select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT+ in their +Config.in+ file,
indicating in a comment above that it's a runtime dependency only.
* not add any +gettext+ dependency in the +DEPENDENCIES+ variable of
their +.mk+ file.