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Diffstat (limited to 'configure.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | configure.in | 37 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in index 4a0ba6b5b4d..3f7b337bea8 100644 --- a/configure.in +++ b/configure.in @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script. -dnl $PostgreSQL: pgsql/configure.in,v 1.435 2005/12/06 04:53:02 momjian Exp $ +dnl $PostgreSQL: pgsql/configure.in,v 1.436 2005/12/06 18:35:09 momjian Exp $ dnl dnl Developers, please strive to achieve this order: dnl @@ -858,11 +858,31 @@ fi # have all the features we need --- see below. if test "$PORTNAME" = "win32"; then - # Win32 gets this built unconditionally - # libintl versions prior to 0.13 use the native *printf functions. - # Win32 *printf does not understand %$, so on Win32 using pre-0.13 libintl - # it is necessary to use the pg versions of *printf to properly process - # NLS strings that use the %$ format. + # Win32 gets snprintf.c built unconditionally. + # + # To properly translate all NLS languages strings, we must support the + # *printf() %$ format, which allows *printf() arguments to be selected + # by position in the translated string. + # + # libintl versions < 0.13 use the native *printf() functions, and Win32 + # *printf() doesn't understand %$, so we must use our /port versions, + # which do understand %$. libintl versions >= 0.13 include their own + # *printf versions on Win32. The libintl 0.13 release note text is: + # + # C format strings with positions, as they arise when a translator + # needs to reorder a sentence, are now supported on all platforms. + # On those few platforms (NetBSD and Woe32) for which the native + # printf()/fprintf()/... functions don't support such format + # strings, replacements are provided through <libintl.h>. + # + # We could use libintl >= 0.13's *printf() if we were sure that we had + # a litint >= 0.13 at runtime, but seeing that there is no clean way + # to guarantee that, it is best to just use our own, so we are sure to + # get %$ support. In include/port.h we disable the *printf() macros + # that might have been defined by libintl. + # + # We do this unconditionally whether NLS is used or not so we are sure + # that all Win32 libraries and binaries behave the same. pgac_need_repl_snprintf=yes else pgac_need_repl_snprintf=no @@ -1059,9 +1079,12 @@ AC_MSG_ERROR([[ *** for the exact reason.]])], [AC_MSG_RESULT([cross-compiling])]) +# -------------------- +# Run tests below here +# -------------------- # Force use of our snprintf if system's doesn't do arg control -# This feature is needed by NLS +# See comment above at snprintf test for details. if test "$enable_nls" = yes -a "$pgac_need_repl_snprintf" = no; then PGAC_FUNC_PRINTF_ARG_CONTROL if test $pgac_cv_printf_arg_control != yes ; then |