Re: Support for gettext-0.16.1

[Charles Wilson <cygwin at cwilson dot fastmail dot fm>]

Tony Anecito wrote:
> Okay so there is no mirror that has the gettext 0.16.1
> for easy install using setup.exe.
>
> Is there some way to install that version of gettext
> under cygwin?

ncftpget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.16.1.tar.gz
tar xvzf gettext-0.16.1.tar.gz
cd gettext-0.16.1
configure ## --prefix=/usr if you feel lucky
make
make install

> I was told by another group to stop using cygwin
> because it did not support this version of gettext.

That makes sense.  Discard 2GB worth of ported software, posix support, 
and a sane programming environment, because one minor library is a few 
months out of date.

I think I'd reconsider any "advice" from a group capable of such, erm, 
short-sighted thinking.

--
Chuck


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