Re: * configure.in: Test for libintl.h.

[Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 12:31:39PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> > +  # A standalone libintl (e.g., GNU libintl) may be in use.
> > +  if test $USE_NLS = yes; then
> > +    AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, libintl_gettext)
> > +  fi
> > +
> 
> Tests like this are wrong.  You first have to check whether the function
> is available without any further library.  Only if the answer is no you
> search in a separate library.  There are Linux systems which for some
> reason have a libintl installed but of course it's not needed.

Right... okay, keeping in mind my other followup patch, and this chunk
from the autoconf manual,

    Search for a library defining function if it's not already
    available. This equates to calling `AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_CALL([],
    [function])])' first with no libraries, then for each library listed
    in search-libs.

    Add `-llibrary' to LIBS for the first library found to contain
    function, and run action-if-found. If the function is not found,
    run action-if-not-found.

how about this instead:

    if test $USE_NLS = yes; then
      AC_SEARCH_LIBS(gettext, intl)
    fi

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