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Re: a gettext patch for static linking
- To: Bruno Haible <haible at ilog dot fr>
- Subject: Re: a gettext patch for static linking
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Date: 18 Sep 2000 10:40:45 -0700
- Cc: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <14790.4872.612440.926795@honolulu.ilog.fr>
- Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)
Bruno Haible <haible@ilog.fr> writes:
> 2000-09-14 Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>
>
> * intl/dcigettext.c: In libc, use local variable names starting
> with __nl_, not _nl_.
> * intl/bindtextdom.c: Likewise.
> * intl/textdomain.c: Likewise.
> * intl/Versions: Remove _nl_default_dirname, _nl_domain_bindings.
>
> * intl/Versions: Add bind_textdomain_codeset.
I agree with the last change but not the rest. You cannot simply
change the API and ABI of the libc. Change the libintl interface
since this cannot have any negative impacts.
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