Bug 99629 – glib-2.6.4 doesn't compile, says gettext is missing

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Maik Nijhuis 2005-07-20 00:53:53 UTC]

Building glib-2.6.4 results in an error from configure.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge glib
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
checking for msgfmt... no
configure: error:
*** You must have either have gettext support in your C library, or use the
*** GNU gettext library. (http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/gettext.html


Expected Results:  
configure glib for compilation

Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.9
-gentoo-r13 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r13 i686 AMD Duron(tm) Processor
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.10
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r6
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5
sys-devel/binutils:  2.15.92.0.2-r10
sys-devel/libtool:   1.4.3-r4, 1.5.18-r1
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-mcpu=athlon -march=athlon -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share
/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/shar
e/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=athlon -march=athlon -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS=" http://ftp.snt.ipv6.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/ http://ftp.
snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://m
irror.scarlet-internet.nl/pub/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowex X a52 acpi alsa avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth cdr cry
pt cups curl divx4linux dts dvb dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode fam fbcon ffmpeg 
flac foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 icq imagemagick imlib ipv6 jabber java jik
es jpeg junit justify libg++ libwww live mad mikmod mmx mmx2 motif mp3 mpeg mpeg
2 msn ncurses network offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png python 
qt quicktime readline real sdl slang snmp spell ssl stream stroke svga tcpd tiff
 truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb vorbis win32codecs xml2 xmms xv xvid zl
ib video_cards_sis userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc"
Unset:  ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

[Comment 1 Maik Nijhuis 2005-07-20 00:57:42 UTC]

Created attachment 63864 [details]
log file from the configure script

[Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2005-07-20 01:01:27 UTC]

Please, re-emerge gettext and try again.

[Comment 3 Maik Nijhuis 2005-07-20 04:26:45 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Please, re-emerge gettext and try again.

That did it, thanks!