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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > From: "Juan Manuel Guerrero" <ST001906 AT HRZ1 DOT HRZ DOT TU-Darmstadt DOT De>
> > Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 23:11:03 +0200
> >
> > > If the problem is with gettext from conio.c, then I think this problem
> > > could be solved with less radical means.
> >
> > That is the reason. If you can show me a less radical solution it will be
> > seriously appreciated.
> > Unfortunately gettext.m4 always searches for gettext() in libc.a first.
> > For DJGPP this implies that gettext() defined in conio.h will be found
> > first. Of course this is the wrong gettext().
>
> The right solution would be to modify gettext.m4 test so that it fails
> for DJGPP's own gettext.  The easiest way to do that is to include
> conio.h; I expect this to cause GCC to fail the compilation due to
> different prototypes.  (To be portable, this test will have to be
> preceded by an additional one, that checks whether conio.h is
> available.)

Or a conditional in the C test code?

>  I would suggest to submit such a change to gettext
> maintainer.
>
> However, the gettext maintainer does not have any sympathies for the
> DJGPP project, to say the least, so I'm not holding my breath for the
> inclusion of such a change.

Is he Ulrich?

IMHO we must avoid the GetText trick.

SET

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