Re: pkg/39053: databases/rrdtool requires msgfmt

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/39053; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: pkg/39053: databases/rrdtool requires msgfmt
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:20:25 +0200

 On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 04:10:06PM +0000, Hasso Tepper wrote:
 >  >  On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:55:00AM +0000, hasso%estpak.ee@localhost 
 > wrote:
 >  >  > checking for intltool >= 0.35.0... 0.37.0 found
 >  >  > checking for xgettext... no
 >  >  > checking for msgmerge... no
 >  >  > checking for msgfmt... (cached) no
 >  >  > configure: error: GNU gettext tools not found; required for intltool
 >  >  > *** Error code 1
 >  >
 >  >  Are you sure it isn't exactly that?
 >  >  USE_TOOLS += intltool
 >  
 >  IMHO it says that intltool is found, but GNU gettext tools are not. Just 
 >  had a chance to test it and yes, USE_TOOLS += msgfmt solves the problem, 
 >  USE_TOOLS += intltool doesn't make any difference.
 
 I am asking as it looks like it is using an internal version.
 It certainly shouldn't require msgfmt as it doesn't install any
 translation catalogs.
 
 Joerg