Unstated dependencies on gettext

[Jim Mock]

Crap, ignore that, I had it backwards.  The gettext port actually  
depends on libiconv and not the other way around.

If you do come across things that link against libintl and don't have  
gettext as a dependency (whether direct or indirect), it should  
probably be added as one.

- jim


On Dec 28, 2006, at 5:24 PM, Jim Mock wrote:

> On Dec 28, 2006, at 5:00 PM, Kevin Ballard wrote:
>> After having updated gettext, I'm finding a number of ports that  
>> are linking against libintl (provided by gettext) but don't  
>> declare a dependency on gettext.
>>
>> For example, gsed links against libiconv, but doesn't declare a  
>> dependency on gettext.
>
> This is because libiconv depends on gettext so, if you've got  
> libiconv, you've got gettext.
>
>> The question I have is, would some of these ports have worked if  
>> gettext wasn't installed, but just happen to link against libintl  
>> for extra functionality if it's there?
>
> It should because something it depends on depends on gettext  
> (whether it be libiconv or something else).
>
> - jim
>
>
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