[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 556091] New: libtool-2.2 and old gettext don't mix

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  GStreamer | common | Ver: HEAD CVS
           Summary: libtool-2.2 and old gettext don't mix
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: HEAD CVS
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Cygwin
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: Normal
         Component: common
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: yselkowitz at users.sourceforge.net
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


The old gettext macros used in current GStreamer packages clobbers variables in
libtool-2.2, causing linking problems on Cygwin where a (sub-)dependency
library is from w32api.  I've explained this at length on the cygwin list:

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-10/msg00271.html

AFAICS the solution would be to require gettext-0.17 (instead of the
five-year-old 0.11.5) in autogen.sh and configure.ac for each package, and
recreate common/gettext.patch (the first hunk applies with fuzz and offset; the
second hunk is obsolete).


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