Re: [Mingw-users] Cannot build gettext-0.11.5 from source

[John B. <joh...@ho...>]

>From: Keith MARSHALL <kei...@to...>
>Earnie Boyd wrote, quoting John Brown:
> >> Hello All,
> >>
> >> I was trying to build gettext-.11.5 from the source package
> >>
>(http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/gettext-0.11.5-2003.02.01-1-src.tar.bz2?download)
> >> on the Mingw download page.
> >
> > Try this mingwPORT
> >
>http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1421286&group_id=2435&atid=752210
> >
> > You want the first file listed, the one without the description.
> >
> > Please give feedback as to your success so I can upload this.
>
>Almost works for me, but falls at the final hurdle.  (Building
>and installing only, on Win2K-SP4, msys-1.0.10,
>gcc-3.2.3 (mingw special 20030504-1)).

Make and make install both work for me:
Win2K3 Server, gcc version 3.4.2 (mingw-special), msys-1.0.not-sure, 
probably 10.

>
>I did notice a few compiler warnings, and a lot of `resolving
>... (auto-import)' info messages, but no errors until this, in
>the `make install' phase:
>
>Info: resolving _plural_table by linking to __imp__plural_table
>(auto-import)
>msgfmt-msgfmt.o(.text+0x2e8d):msgfmt.c: variable 'plural_table'
>can't be auto-imported. Please read the documentation for ld's
>--enable-auto-import for details.

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Also, I routinely --disable-shared, because that is the recommended practice 
for the project that I am trying to build. Since I always do it, I don't 
know whether it helped me or not.