mingw32 gettext
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GNU Internationalization library and utilities.
This distribution incorporates pre-built binary components, which
have been specifically compiled for the "mingw32" subsystem; in
other words, they comprise binary executables and object libraries
suitable for native use on Microsoft's 32-bit Windows operating
system. As such, the gettext packages should be installed into the
/mingw directory (which is usually, but not always, C:\MinGW).
For the most part, the binaries and object libraries provided by the
gettext packages have runtime dependencies detailed below, which
generally represent other libraries provided by the mingw team.
(Standard components of the operating system are not listed). However,
there are a few exceptions to this general rule:
autopoint
gettextize
gettext.sh
These utilities are provided in the form of Bourne shell scripts, and
thus require a Bourne shell to execute. The MinGW Project recommends the
use of their own MSYS shell system, but other products may suffice -- YMMV.
These scripts CANNOT be invoked directly from Microsoft's cmd.exe. In
addition, these scripts may also rely on the presence of other unix-derived
utilities. These additional requirements are outlined below, but are usually
available in a standard unix or MSYS installation.
Runtime requirements
mingw32-libintl-dll-8 0.18.1.1-2
mingw32-libiconv-dll-2 0.14-2
mingw32-libcharset-dll-1 0.14-2
mingw32-libgcc-dll-1 4.6.1-2
Additional runtime requirements for autopoint, gettextize, and gettext.sh
mingw32-autoconf-bin 10-1
mingw32-autoconf2.5-bin 2.68-1
mingw32-automake-bin 4-1
mingw32-automakeX.Y-bin <varies>
msys-core-bin 1.0.17-1
msys-coreutils-bin 5.97-3
msys-perl-bin 5.8.8-1
msys-libcrypt-dll-0 1.1_1-3
msys-libgdbm-dll-3 1.8.3-3
msys-zlib-dll 1.2.5-1
msys-cvs-bin 1.12.13-2
Build requirements (these, or newer)
mingw32-gcc-core-bin 4.6.1-2
mingw32-binutils-bin 2.21.53-1
mingw32-w32api-dev 3.17-2
mingw32-mingwrt-dev 3.20
mingw32-mingwrt-dll 3.20
mingw32-gcc-tools-epoch2-autoconf-bin 2.64-1
mingw32-gcc-tools-epoch2-automake-bin 1.11.1-1
mingw32-libtool 2.4-1
mingw32-mgwport-bin 0.10.5-1
msys-core-bin 1.0.17-1
msys-coreutils-bin 5.97-3
msys-bash-bin 3.1.17-4
msys-patch-bin 2.6.1-1
msys-make-bin 3.81-3
msys-tar-bin 1.23-1
msys-sed-bin 4.2.1-2
msys-gawk-bin 3.1.7-2
msys-gzip-bin 1.3.12-2
msys-bzip2-bin 1.0.6-3
msys-xz-bin 5.0.3-1
msys-wget-bin 1.12-1
msys-texinfo-bin 4.13a-2
msys-file-bin 5.04-1
msys-cvs-bin 1.12.13-1
msys-perl-bin 5.8.8-1
msys-libcrypt-dll-0 1.1_1-3
msys-libgdbm-dll-3 1.8.3-3
msys-zlib-dll 1.2.5-1
Canonical homepage:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
Canonical download:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/
License:
GPL
Language:
C, C++, C#, CLisp, Java, ObjC, Pascal, Perl, Python, Php, Shell, Smalltak, tcl,
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Build instructions:
unpack gettext-0.18.1.1-2-mingw32-src.tar.lzma
mgwport gettext-0.18.1.1-2.mgwport all
This will create:
gettext-0.18.1.1-2-mingw32-src.tar.lzma
gettext-0.18.1.1-2-mingw32-bin.tar.lzma
gettext-0.18.1.1-2-mingw32-dev.tar.lzma
gettext-0.18.1.1-2-mingw32-doc.tar.lzma
gettext-0.18.1.1-2-mingw32-lic.tar.lzma
gettext-0.18.1.1-2-mingw32-ext.tar.lzma
libasprintf-0.18.1.1-2-mingw32-dll-0.tar.lzma
libgettextpo-0.18.1.1-2-mingw32-dll-0.tar.lzma
libintl-0.18.1.1-2-mingw32-dll-8.tar.lzma
See `mgwport --help' for other options.
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Test suite results
This section of this document is updated with each new release.
No history is maintained here.
gettext-tools
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1 of 314 tests failed
(30 tests were not run)
Skips:
SKIP: gettext-3, -4, -5, -6, -7
SKIP: msgunfmt-csharp-1
SKIP: msgunfmt-java-1
SKIP: msgunfmt-tcl-1
SKIP: recode-sr-latin-1
SKIP: recode-sr-latin-2
SKIP: format-c-5
SKIP: lang-* PASS: -elisp, -ycp, -po, -rst
gettext-3: skipped on non-glibc systems
gettext-4: skipped (no 'traditional french locale')
gettext-5: skipped on non-glibc systems
gettext-6: skipped on non-glibc systems
gettext-7: skipped on non-glibc systems
msgunfmt-csharp-1: skipped because csharp not available
msgunfmt-java-1: skipped because java support not built
msgunfmt-tcl-1: skipped because tcl too old
recode-sr-latin-1: skipped (no 'french UTF-8 locale')
recode-sr-latin-2: skipped (no 'japanese EUC-JP locale')
format-c-5: fa_IR locale not supported
Note that ALL of the lang- tests are skipped (or, if not skipped,
they should have been skipped). The properly-written lang- tests
check the return value of setlocale(), and if it fails (which it
does), then the test itself is skipped.
Fails:
FAIL: msgexec-4
msgexec-4: Looks like a ^M line ending thing.
gettext-tools/gnulib-tests
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All tests fail when --enable-relocation (the tests do not "activate"
the relocation support, but the gnulib library they link to expect
it). The same behavior is seen on cygwin when configured using
--enable-relocation. However, when compiled without --enable-relocation
on cygwin, all 47 tests pass (2 tests are skipped).
gettext-runtime
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All 1 tests passed
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Port Notes:
---------- gettext-0.18.1.1-2 -- 2011 Sep 10 -----------
* Rebuild with gcc-4.6.1
* Include patches derived from cygwin gettext-0.18.1.1-2
---------- gettext-0.18.1.1-1 -- 2011 Sep 10 ----------- unreleased ----------
* Update to latest upstream release
* Switch build system to use mgwport
---------- gettext-0.17-1 -- 2009 Jul 25 -----------
* First non-testing release of gettext for mingw32 by
the MinGW team. Includes patches derived from cygwin
gettext-0.17-11, plus the following mingw-specific changes
(in addition to cygwin changes that may affect the same files):
* build-aux/fixaclocal: work around bug with MSYS path
conversion and sed expression.
* gettext-tools/configure.ac: Explicitly require C++ compiler.
* gettext-tools/woe32dll/gettextlib-exports.c: Newer mingwrt
supplies functional long_getopt in -lmingwex; no need for rpl.
* gettext-tools/misc/gettextize.in: Properly handle pathnames
with '\\' path separators.
* gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in: Ditto.
* Compiled using the following flags:
--enable-shared --enable-static
--enable-relocatable
--enable-threads=win32 --disable-openmp
--disable-native-java --disable-java
* Relocatable: configuration prefix is /var/tmp/gettext-reloc-XXXXXX
where XXXXXX is a random string. The use of a one-time-random installation
prefix -- one unlikely to be present on the destination machine --
is recommended when using the relocation machinery.
* No openmp: the msgmerge utility is multithread-capable. To avoid
additional dependencies, we avoid that here (although it has been
tested with mingw gcc 4.4.0 and does work).
* No java support: as of mingw gcc 4.4.0, java support is still
a bit unstable, so we avoid it.
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